{"id":66433,"date":"2018-03-03T04:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=66433"},"modified":"2018-03-02T12:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T20:41:05","slug":"news-of-the-week-march-3-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/news-of-the-week-march-3-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the Week: March 3, 2018"},"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>Unit 42 shared new research:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/unit42-rig-ek-one-year-later-from-ransomware-to-coin-miners-and-information-stealers\/\">Rig EK One Year Later: From Ransomware to Coin Miners and Information Stealers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/threat-brief-declining-rig-exploit-kit-hops-coinmining-bandwagon\/\">Threat Brief: A Declining Rig Exploit Kit Hops on the Coinmining Bandwagon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/unit42-dissecting-hancitors-latest-2018-packer\/\">Dissecting Hancitor\u2019s Latest 2018 Packer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/unit42-sofacy-attacks-multiple-government-entities\/\">Sofacy Attacks Multiple Government Entities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/threat-brief-sofacy-group-targeting-european-north-american-diplomats\/\">Threat Brief: Sofacy Group Targeting European and North American Diplomats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/unit42-monero-miners-continue-plague-users-via-russian-bittorrent-site\/\">Monero Miners Continue to Plague Users via Russian BitTorrent Site<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Palo Alto Networks Academy is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/palo-alto-networks-academy-protecting-life-digital-age-one-student-time\/\">spearheads efforts to protect life in the digital age<\/a>, one student at a time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/ignite-18-europe-join-us-first-ever-european-ignite-conference\/\">Ignite \u201918 Europe brings hands-on disruption to Amsterdam<\/a>. Get more details on this year\u2019s event.<\/li>\n<li>Chairman and CEO Mark McLaughlin discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/watch-mark-mclaughlin-driving-cybersecurity-evolution\/\">our role in driving cybersecurity evolution<\/a> with CNBC's Squawk Alley.<\/li>\n<li>Prevent bad signals: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/sp-prevent-bad-signals-harming-network-availability\/\">learn how service providers can stay safe from attacks on mobile network signaling protocols<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Check out the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/partner-top-6-promotions-nextwave-partners-including-new-traps-deal-boost\/\">Traps Deal Boost and other top promotions<\/a> for Palo Alto Networks NextWave Partners.<\/li>\n<li>Customer Spotlight: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/customer-spotlight-aci-specialty-benefits-implements-next-generation-security\/\">Find out how ACI Specialist Benefits enabled organizational growth with Palo Alto Networks.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Palo Alto Networks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/gov-pan-os-8-1-ssl-decryption-broker-federal-government\/\">Decryption Broker provides smarter, simpler decryption<\/a> for federal government.<\/li>\n<li>In the market for a new NGFW? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/10-things-test-future-ngfw-prevent-credential-theft\/\">We shared the first of 10 things you must test before purchasing a next-generation firewall<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Upcoming Events<\/span><\/p>\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\/\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"600\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.5%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignnone wp-image-66442 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ignite18USEurope-facebook-shared.png\" alt=\"ignite18USEurope-facebook-shared\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Secure your spot at the cybersecurity conference of the year. Register now for Ignite \u201918:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ignite.paloaltonetworks.com\/usa?CampaignId=7010g000001IH8U&amp;utm_content=Ignite18USA&amp;utm_medium=SocailMedia&amp;utm_source=ResourceCenter\">Anaheim, CA: May 21-24, 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/Ignite18Europe\">Amsterdam, NL: October 8-10, 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/308152\">Traps with Capgemini<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 6, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Toronto, ON<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/311459\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Advanced Endpoint Protection<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 6, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/311499\">Palo Alto Networks PartnerUP 2018 Tour<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 6, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Marietta, GA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/campaigns\/brighttalk.html?commid=304209\">What to Consider When Evaluating Breach Prevention Systems<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 7, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/311462\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Threat Prevention<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 7, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/312797\">Disrupt Cybersecurity Status Quo Phoenix<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 7, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Scottsdale, AZ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/311465\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Migration Process<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 8, 2018<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catch up on the latest from Palo Alto Networks in the 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":[432,5103,191,3486,5458,586],"coauthors":[1515],"class_list":["post-66433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-emea","tag-ignite-18","tag-mark-mclaughlin","tag-mobile-network-operators","tag-pan-os-8-1","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\/66433","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=66433"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66484,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66433\/revisions\/66484"}],"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=66433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66433"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=66433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}