Panda Challenge 2010 Edition: 1st challenge up!

As promised, this 1st challenge is here: 1st-challenge.exe. To solve it, you have to create one valid license key for 999 users of this program.The license key has to be sent to pandachallenge at pandasecurity dot com before next Monday at 17:00 (GMT+2). To avoid any problem with the mail …—
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This post was written by Ted on July 17, 2010

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Microsoft Security Advisory (2286198): Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution – 7/16/2010

Revision Note: V1.0 (July 16, 2010) Advisory published. 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 17, 2010

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Fernanda Romero arrest leads to distribution of rogueware

Fernanda Romero, a Mexican actress, was arrested this week for marriage fraud amid allegations.She paid an American man to help her become a U.S. citizen. Whether this is true or not, the bad guys have taken advantage of this and started spreading the rogueware SecurityMasterAV .Some of the keywords that …—
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This post was written by Ted on July 17, 2010

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Dissecting a BlackHat SEO attack

Each and every day we see new black hat SEO attacks, where criminals poison search engine results to spread malware. Today we were researching yet another attack, with some world cup terms targeted:When clicking on one of these malicious results, you go to a Youtube-like web:As usual, it will tell …—
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Those who have a friend, have a honeypot.

Everyone has friends that from time to time can help you with the move. Even there are friends who help you with your work. IƱaki, a good friend of mine, has become a honeypot, obviously by accident. Several days ago I received an email message from him inviting me to …—
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