{"id":14085,"date":"2016-05-28T04:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=14085"},"modified":"2026-06-11T08:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:03:36","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-may-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-may-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 May 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read all of the top Palo Alto Networks news from the past week right here.<\/p>\n<p>For the 5th straight year, Palo Alto Networks was named a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls. Get the 2016 report <a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/Gartner2016\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/Gartner2016\" target=\"_blank\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:12.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14100 size-large lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garnter-report-500x62.png\" alt=\"Garnter report\" width=\"500\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garnter-report-500x62.png 500w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garnter-report-230x28.png 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garnter-report-768x95.png 768w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garnter-report-510x63.png 510w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garnter-report-240x30.png 240w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garnter-report.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unit 42 researchers were busy this week. The team found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/operation-ke3chang-resurfaces-with-new-tidepool-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Ke3chang<\/a> has resurfaced with new TidePool malware, and they observed <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1VgXwuQ\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">APT group Wekby<\/a> attacks that are using \u2018pisload\u2019 malware to target US-based organizations through DNS requests as command and control mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The team also observed the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Z41fLr\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">OilRig Campaign<\/a>: targeted attacks focused on organizations within Saudi Arabia delivering Helminth backdoor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Unit-42-banner.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-14091 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Unit-42-banner-500x68.png\" alt=\"Unit 42 banner\" width=\"500\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Unit-42-banner.png 500w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Unit-42-banner-230x31.png 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Unit-42-banner-240x33.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CSO Rick Howard <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1TyZm7Z\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">noted things that<\/a> cybersecurity experts and journalists can learn from each other when they work together.<\/p>\n<p>How secure is your Internet gateway? Learn from our Technical Documentations team how to <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1W4A0Cz\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">protect your network from cyberattacks<\/a> and improve your overall security posture by implementing a \u201cBest Practice Internet Gateway Security Policy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Our endpoint team showed how CVE-2015-7547 (GLIBC getaddrinfo) can <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1VkDJLd\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">bypass<\/a> ASLR.<\/p>\n<p>The Channel Scoop is back after a two week break! <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1P3FSK0\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Read this week's top partner news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog.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-10636 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog.jpg\" alt=\"PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog\" width=\"498\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog.jpg 498w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog-230x124.jpg 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog-74x40.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/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-14103 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-500x62.jpg\" alt=\"phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62\" width=\"500\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62.jpg 500w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-230x29.jpg 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/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=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ5MQ==\" target=\"_blank\">NextWave Partner Up<br \/>\n<\/a>May 31, 2016 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM EET<br \/>\nSofia<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ5Mg==\" target=\"_blank\">NextWave Partner Up<br \/>\n<\/a>May 31, 2016 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM EET<br \/>\nVienna<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTUxNA==\" target=\"_blank\">NextWave Partner Up<br \/>\n<\/a>May 31, 2016 12:30 PM - 8:00 PM GMT+3:00<br \/>\nHelsinki<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTUyMg==\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW<br \/>\n<\/a>May 31, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT+8:00<br \/>\nOnline Event<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTY5OQ==\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto Networks L\u2019ultimate Test Drive<br \/>\n<\/a>May 31, 2016 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CET<br \/>\nTunis<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTYzNA==\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Endpoint Protection, A Traps Tutorial<br \/>\n<\/a>June 1, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST<br \/>\nOnline Event<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ3OQ==\" target=\"_blank\">Convite: Seguran\u00e7a Em Os Datacenters, Fogo De Chao (1 De Junho)<br \/>\n<\/a>June 1, 2016 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMT-3:00<br \/>\nBras\u00edlia - DF<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ4Nw==\" target=\"_blank\">NextWave Partner Up<br \/>\n<\/a>June 1, 2016 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM EET<br \/>\nBucure\u0219ti<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTUyMw==\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive Virtual Data Center<br \/>\n<\/a>June 1, 2016 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMT+8:00<br \/>\nOnline Event<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTU4Mg==\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo<br \/>\n<\/a>June 1, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST<br \/>\nOnline Event<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTcwMA==\" target=\"_blank\">Ultimate Test Drive<br \/>\n<\/a>June 1, 2016 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM GMT+3:00<br \/>\nRiyadh<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ3OA==\" target=\"_blank\">Convite: Seguran\u00e7a Em Os Datacenters, Fogo De Chao (2 De Junho)<br \/>\n<\/a>June 2, 2016 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMT-3:00<br \/>\nRio De Janeiro - RJ<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ0OA==\" target=\"_blank\">NextWave Partner Up<br \/>\n<\/a>June 2, 2016 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM EET<br \/>\nLjubljana<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTYzMg==\" target=\"_blank\">Ultimate Test Drive Workshop - Traps<br \/>\n<\/a>June 2, 2016 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST<br \/>\nBurlington, MA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTAzMQ==\" target=\"_blank\">Ultimate Test Drive \u2013 Data Center<br \/>\n<\/a>June 2, 2016 9:30 AM- 1:00 PM CET<br \/>\nIssy Les Moulineaux<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTUyNA==\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive Migration Process<br \/>\n<\/a>June 2, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT+8:00<br \/>\nOnline Event<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ3Ng==\" target=\"_blank\">Convite: Seguran\u00e7a Em Os Datacenters Em Figueira Rubayat (3 De Junho)<br \/>\n<\/a>June 3, 2016 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM GMT-3:00<br \/>\nS\u00e3o Paulo - SP<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTY5NA==\" target=\"_blank\">Die Zwei Um Zw\u00f6lf:Network Essentials<br \/>\n<\/a>June 3, 2016 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM CET<br \/>\nOnline Event<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTY1OA==\" target=\"_blank\">Lunch &amp; Learn Ransomware: Putting It Into Perspective<br \/>\n<\/a>June 3, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CET<br \/>\nGent<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTY1OQ==\" target=\"_blank\">Lunch &amp; Learn Ransomware: Putting It Into Perspective<br \/>\n<\/a>June 3, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CET<br \/>\nLuxembourg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read all of the top Palo Alto Networks news from the past week right here. 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