“We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform”, said Dick Costolo, former CEO of Twitter, as he stepped down July 1, at the beginning of the year. This statement showed what any user of the social network already new: that Twitter regrettably fails to control harassment. A recent study carried out by […]

The past Saturday we had the privilege of participating in this year’s edition of “Nuit du Hack”, a French security conference which brings together professionals and amateurs of all skill levels for a series of lectures and challenges. It’s a full day (and night) of hacking goodness. A cloudy day set the perfect mood at […]

With the current situation experienced by the labor market, it is essential for companies to take steps in order to maintain their security in face of the movements which may occur in their workforces. Employees looking for a change of scene, suppliers who do not pay on time, debts impossible to pay off that force […]

We have detected a phishing campaign targeting Android developers who are publishing their creations in Google Play, Android’s official app store. The from field in the email comes from “Play Developer Support”, with the subject “Update your Account Informations”, as you can see in the following screenshot: If you click in the link provided, you […]

The first quarter of 2015 saw a 165 percent increase in new ransomware led by the new and difficult-to-detect CTB Locker ransomware family, new ransomware family called TeslaCrypt. If these weren’t enough, we had to contend with the emergence of new versions of CryptoWall, TorrentLocker and BandarChor.     CTB-Locker’s has been one of the […]

A smartphone is nothing without its apps. Looking around the apps store is something we do quite frequently, either by necessity or to see what’s new or which game is most popular. And probably, while you are there browsing you end up downloading one or two. That’s when Android users have to accept certain permissions […]

Cryptolocker is the threat that everyone is talking about. It affects both home users and companies though, in many cases, companies are more exposed due to the large amount of confidential information they handle. Juan Santesmases, Vice President Product Management & Business Development at Panda Security, explains what Cryptolocker is and how companies can deal […]