{"id":12172,"date":"2016-02-13T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2016-02-15T07:53:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T15:53:06","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-february-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-february-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 February 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re rounded up all of the top Palo Alto Networks news from this past week right here.<\/p>\n<p>Unit 42 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1op8pxr\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">findings show NanoCoreRAT<\/a> is behind an increase in tax-themed phishing e-mails. The team also took a deeper look into <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Qx9Pg1\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Fysbis, Sofacy\u2019s Linux backdoor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68.png\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:13.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10819 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68-500x68.png\" alt=\"blog-title-unit42-500x68\" width=\"500\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68.png 500w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68-230x31.png 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68-240x33.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto Networks CEO Mark McLaughlin was joined by three-time Super Bowl champion Brent Jones on CNBC\u2019s Mad Money to discuss cybersecurity growth with Jim Cramer. Watch below:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"styleIt\" style=\"width:500px;height:281px;\"><lite-youtube videoid=\"aRLp6xNVgUk\" playlistid=\"PLDt0J62yU45ufxgDMVZg5zcMk2V-vHBJP\"><\/lite-youtube><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity Canon book reviews from this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Clark reviews \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1TJbowI\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Offensive Countermeasures: The Art of Active Defense<\/a>\u201d by John Strand and Paul Asadoorian<\/li>\n<li>Brian Kelly reviews \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1XjqkSb\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar<\/a>\u201d by Martin C. Libicki<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Kuchler reviews \"<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1PrNMJN\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Dragnet Nation<\/a>\" by Julia Angwin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cybersec-canon-red-500x218.png\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:43.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11567 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cybersec-canon-red-500x218-500x218.png\" alt=\"cybersec-canon-red-500x218\" width=\"500\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cybersec-canon-red-500x218.png 500w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cybersec-canon-red-500x218-230x100.png 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cybersec-canon-red-500x218-92x40.png 92w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Securing government: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Q9s15b\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Pamela Warren discussed<\/a> what we should learn from 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1SrgQoP\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Karin Shopen explained<\/a> three ways to counter multi-vector cyberattacks.<\/p>\n<p>The best of both worlds: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Sgy8Vp\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Matt Keil explained<\/a> the benefits of building a secure hybrid data center with Amazon Web Services.<\/p>\n<p>Securing the unpatchable: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1T0tTMv\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Michael Moshiri shares<\/a> a solution for preventing security breaches when you cannot patch.<\/p>\n<p>Ignite is coming up soon. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1SrhX81\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Find out what\u2019s new<\/a> at this year\u2019s conference, and watch this video to find out why you don\u2019t want miss it:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"styleIt\" style=\"width:500px;height:281px;\"><lite-youtube videoid=\"dOQ5-a6z_MM\" ><\/lite-youtube><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boom.weboom.com\/sites\/paloaltonetworks\/ignite2016\/forms\/regform.html\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Register<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/on.fb.me\/23tWdeV\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">RSVP<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1LjYTk4\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Read this week's NextWave Partner Channel Scoop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1.jpg\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"498\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:54.02%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10802 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1.jpg\" alt=\"PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog\" width=\"498\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1-230x124.jpg 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1-74x40.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62.jpg\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:12.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11218 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-500x62.jpg\" alt=\"youre invited\" width=\"500\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62.jpg 500w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-230x29.jpg 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-240x30.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming events<\/a>\u00a0around the world that you should know about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDkyOA==\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive: Next Generation Firewall<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 15, 2016 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CET<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDY2OA==\" target=\"_blank\">Ultimate Test Drive<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 16, 2016 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM GMT<\/li>\n<li>London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDk0Nw==\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive Threat Prevention, Feb 16, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 16, 2016 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM PST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDk3NA==\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Endpoint Protection, A Traps Tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 17, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDcxNQ==\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 17, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDk0OA==\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive VDC Feb 17, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 17, 2016 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brighttalk.com\/webcast\/10903\/190813\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Scarlet Mimic: Unit 42 Reveals Cyber Espionage Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 17, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDc0Mw==\" target=\"_blank\">2\u670818\u65e5(\u6728)NextWave Summit<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 18, 2016 4:00 PM - 7:30 PM GMT+9:00<\/li>\n<li>\u4e2d\u592e\u533a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDk0OQ==\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW Feb 18, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 18, 2016 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM PST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDk1MA==\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive Threat Prevention Feb 19, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 19, 2016 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brighttalk.com\/webcast\/10903\/189523\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Tackle Your Toughest Security Challenges at Ignite 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 24, 2016 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fedinsider.com\/the-cyber-attack-lifecycle-in-government\/\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">The Cyber Attack Lifecycle in Government<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 24, 2016 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brighttalk.com\/webcast\/10903\/189463\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Cybersecurity for Financial Services Industry<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 25, 2016 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM GMT<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/ignite2016\" target=\"_blank\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:33.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12021 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ignite-2016-register-now-500x167.png\" alt=\"Ignite 2016 register now\" width=\"500\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ignite-2016-register-now-500x167.png 500w, 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