White papers

Performance Evaluation of Anti-Virus Solutions for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

Panda Security commissioned VeriTest, the testing service of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., to generate Microsoft® MAPI Messaging Benchmark 3 (MMB3) performance measurements for different Anti-Virus (AV) software solutions operating with Microsoft Windows® Server 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. MMB3 serves as the industry standard for generating benchmark performance and scalability measures for environments running Exchange Server 2003.

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Annual Report PandaLabs 2006

This report will analyze the most significant malware related events that occurred in 2006. It will focus on changes that have developed, and it will attempt to point out possible tendencies to be expected throughout 2007.

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Endpoint Security: The Increasing Need for Proactive Security

This white paper, published by IDC, presents Panda Security’s approach to incorporating proactive protection technologies in its security solutions. According to this prestigious consultancy company, "Panda Security offers a solid example of how corporations may begin regaining control if their networks through becoming more proactive", instead of trusting protection against Internet threats exclusively to reactive systems.

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Quarterly Report PandaLabs (January - March 2006)

Over the last few months, there have been numerous references, both in specialized IT security publications and in news releases from antivirus companies, of a worrying new reality.

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Protection against unknown attacks through intrusion prevention systems (IPS)

Panda GateDefender Integra is an integrated security solution combining antimalware solutions (antivirus, anti-spam, content filtering, etc.), firewall, VPN and IPS in a software and hardware platform aimed at offering complete perimeter protection. The module that this white paper deals with is the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS).

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TruPrevent® Technologies Technical view

TruPrevent® Technologies is a set of technologies aimed at enhancing the security of the systems against attacks from unknown malware.

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It Security in SMBs

Antivirus solution aimed at satisfying the protection needs of SMBs bearing in mind their particular characteristics.

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HIPS and Panda Security solutions

The motivation for malware authors has undergone a sea change: if the creators of malicious code previously had the primary goal of achieving personal fame, today the goal is purely financial. In fact, many malware authors are really paid employees of true criminals, who could be anything from unethical companies to organized gangs of crooks. Types of malware such as spyware, adware, bots or spam are designed to earn money. Accordingly, the current trend is to infect a large number of machines in a way that does not attract the attention of users or security companies.

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What phishing is and how to avoid these types of attacks in companies.

Phishing, or theft of identity for fraudulent purposes, is now no longer just a threat to banks and home users and has extended its scope to the business environment.

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Quarterly Report PandaLabs (July - September 2006)

If we had to choose a word to summarize the Quarterly Report you are about to read, the choice would be obvious: vulnerabilities. All sorts of vulnerabilities: in web browsers, in office tools, in picture files. Vulnerabilities whose patches have to be re-released several times, and vulnerabilities whose patches are the target of reverse engineering in order to create an exploit. Zero-day vulnerabilities, and vulnerabilities which are months old but which have still not been patched by some users.

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