{"id":46944,"date":"2017-10-21T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=46944"},"modified":"2017-10-20T11:03:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T18:03:35","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-week-october-21-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/palo-alto-networks-news-week-october-21-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week: October 21, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you miss any of this week\u2019s Palo Alto Networks action? Don\u2019t worry \u2013 we\u2019ve rounded up our top news and views right here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Palo Alto Networks was recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/future-50\/\">in Fortune Magazine\u2019s Future 50 list<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Palo Alto Networks Federal Ignite begins next week! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/federal-ignite-2017-new-era-federal-cybersecurity\/\">Join us!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 shared new research:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/unit42-unauthorized-coin-mining-browser\/\">Unauthorized Coin Mining in the Browser<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/threat-brief-drive-mining-adapting-old-attack-mine-cryptocurrencies\/\">Threat Brief: Drive-by-mining Adapting an Old Attack to Mine Cryptocurrencies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/unit42-badpatch\/\">BadPatch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The deadline for GDPR is quickly approaching. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/cso-gdpr-8-months-go-getting-already\/\">Are you getting the most out of what you already own?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Traps advanced endpoint protection keeps your team safe from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/traps-prevents-microsoft-office-zero-day\/\">recently patched Microsoft Office Zero-day vulnerability<\/a>. Get the full details.<\/li>\n<li>Get the new 2 minute threat brief covered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/2-minute-threat-brief-browser-cryptocurrency-mining\/\">how to prevent unknown cryptocurrency mining<\/a> in your browser.<\/li>\n<li>Call for Papers is now open! Palo Alto Networks is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/want-present-ignite-2018-call-papers-open\/\">currently accepting submissions for speakers at Palo Alto Networks Ignite 2018<\/a> in Anaheim, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Meet up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/educause-2017-learn-prevent-successful-cyberattacks\/\">Palo Alto Networks at EDUCAUSE 2017<\/a>! Learn more about this year\u2019s event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/\">upcoming events<\/a> around the world that you should know about. Don\u2019t forget to register for our <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/event-calendar\">events calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ignite.paloaltonetworks.com\/federal\/sm\">Palo Alto Networks Federal Ignite<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 23-24, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Washington D.C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/275026\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Advanced Endpoint Protection<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 24, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/285770\">Get Hands-on with the VM-Series on Microsoft Azure<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 24, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Northfield Park, OH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/283213\">Economics Traps Event<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 24, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Tulsa, OK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/286779\">VIP Driving Experience<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 25, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Orlando, FL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/Azure102517\">Achieve Optimal Security in Microsoft Azure with Palo Alto Networks<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 25, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/events\/live-demos\">Next-Generation Firewall Live Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 1, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/286559\">Aperture Live Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 14, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/288578\">Next-Generation Firewall Live Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 15, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/288578\">Live Demo: preventing Security Breaches on the Endpoint<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 15, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/ransomware111617\">Ransomware\u2019s Next Steps<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 16, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking to meet up with other Palo Alto Networks users? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuelusergroup.org\/page\/spark-events\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Fuel, the Palo Alto Networks User Group<\/a>, for opportunities to attend hands-on workshops, events and more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catch up on all the top Palo Alto Networks news of the week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":45207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[918,4734,761,403,3871,4749,1067,1554,876,778,586],"coauthors":[1515],"class_list":["post-46944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-call-for-papers","tag-coin-mining","tag-educause","tag-events-2","tag-federal-ignite","tag-fortune-50","tag-fuel","tag-greg-day","tag-public-cloud","tag-traps","tag-unit-42"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Linkedin-520x320-v1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46944"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46956,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46944\/revisions\/46956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46944"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=46944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}