Malware, Banks & Google Maps
Yesterday, we detected a downloader that focused media attention because it was spammed using some "curious" subjects: # "Current Australia’s Prime Minister survived a hear…
More fakecodecs!!!
Lately we have noticed an increase in the detection of fake codecs. They are supposed to be codecs that allow users to watch certain videos,…
Smartphone Security
Our QA department has just released a public beta of Panda MobileSecure for Smartphones (here). Even though we don't consider this as a high threat…
MS deny the execution of IE7 if the executable file name isn't iexplore.exe
Some days ago, while we were doing some of our research, we discovered a strange IE 7 behavior or "feature". We were trying to execute…
Wifi comments ( Update )
We have received some comments, on our last post. There we said " 2.- Use encription WEP/WPA, something is better than nothing, although we know…
Packing a punch
"80% of new malware defeats antivirus" according to AusCERT. Runtime packers and cryptors are some of the main tools in a malware writers' toolbox. By…
Wifi comments
Not long ago, one of my colleagues told me a story which was quite funny. He was at home, and one of his neighbours, called…