The Panda Challenge is over. More people have participated in the 2nd challenge, even though it was way more difficult. In fact, as we thought, no one was able to obtain a valid license key for the game.As announced, in this case the winner will be the first one who …—
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This post was written by Ted on July 27, 2010
-->A few days ago some arrests in Slovenia were announced. People is wondering if this is really linked to the Mariposa case,as the guys behind Mariposa were from Spain, and the people arrested are from Slovenia.Back in March, when the story went public, we talked about the Spanish guys arrested, …—
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This post was written by Ted on July 26, 2010
-->Here you have the second challenge, this is more complex and therefore the prize is an iPad with 3G and 64Gb, the most exensive one, just to compensate for the difficulty 
In order to solve it, you have to create one valid license key for the game.The license key has …—
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This post was written by Ted on July 24, 2010
-->A few days ago, on July 16th, Microsoft published a security advisory:”The vulnerability exists because Windows incorrectly parses shortcuts in such a way that malicious code may be executed when the icon of a specially crafted shortcut is displayed.”Translation: any folder you open with a .lnk file (you …—
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This post was written by Ted on July 21, 2010
-->Revision Note: V1.2 (July 20, 2010): Clarified the vulnerability exploit description and updated the workarounds. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating reports of limited, targeted attacks exploiting a vulnerability in Windows Shell, a component of Microsoft Windows. This advisory contains information about which versions of Windows are vulnerable as well as workarounds and mitigations for this issue.
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This post was written by Ted on July 21, 2010
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