{"id":6168,"date":"2014-07-18T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=6168"},"modified":"2021-03-22T08:25:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:25:09","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-week-july-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/palo-alto-networks-news-week-july-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 July 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a roundup of this week\u2019s top Palo Alto Networks news<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tim Treat explained<\/a> how a next-generation enterprise security platform can directly influence M&A activity.<\/p>\n

Our researchers detailed why Havex, also known as DragonFly, Energetic Bear and by other variants, is a game-changing threat to Industrial Control Systems. See part 1<\/a> and part 2<\/a> of our analysis.<\/p>\n

For all their differences, vertical industries have similar cybersecurity challenges and they deserve 20\/20 vision. Find out how<\/a> investing in Palo Alto Networks platforms is like getting a new pair of reading glasses.<\/p>\n

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Palo Alto Networks Wildfire recently discovered eight different SMS-based in-app purchase SDKs<\/a> with abusive functionality. To our researchers, that means SMS-based in-app purchasing on Android is not worth the risk.<\/p>\n

Use-after-free bugs have affected Internet Explorer for years, but Microsoft's recent moves suggest it is addressing the fundamentals of use-after-free exploitation in a preventative manner. See what Palo Alto Networks researchers have to say about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rick Howard added a new candidate to the Cybersecurity Canon, \u201cNo Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State\u201d by Glenn Greenwald. Read his thoughts on this book in part 1<\/a> and part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Palo Alto Networks researchers recently discovered a backdoor implant used to control a Linux operating system. Find out more about this discovery and what it means for your system here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Black Hat 2014 is right around the corner, and it\u2019ll be easy to find Palo Alto Networks<\/a> at the conference!<\/p>\n

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Can you tell the difference between a business application and a threat? Attend our webinar<\/a> on July 23 at 11 a.m. PT to explore this intertwined relationship between cyber-attacks and the applications in use on enterprise networks.<\/p>\n

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Our CSO Rick Howard was on a panel at the SINET\u00a0Innovation Summit 2014<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

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Coverage around the world:<\/p>\n