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[Events](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/events/?ts=markdown)  
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[Don't Panic](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/dont-panic/?ts=markdown)  
[Escelar](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/escelar/?ts=markdown)  
[podcast](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/podcast/?ts=markdown)  
[RAT](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/rat/?ts=markdown)  
[uWarrior](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/uwarrior/?ts=markdown)

Check out the top [Palo Alto Networks news](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/news-of-the-week) from this past week.

Unit 42 [observed a new Remote Access Tool (RAT), uWarrior](http://bit.ly/1Jj47NS), constructed by an unknown actor of Italian origin, and had been [tracking a banking Trojan, Escelar](http://bit.ly/1KaMcN2), targeting thousands of victims in Brazil and the United States.

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Join Palo Alto Networks at VMworld 2015! [Find out what we'll be doing at our booth #1217](http://bit.ly/1Jk2Kwc), and be sure to [attend these sessions](http://bit.ly/1KaRb06) to see a wicked cool customer use case.

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We participated in quite a few podcasts recently. Take a listen:

* ["Don't Panic" podcast](http://bit.ly/1PU9LbR): Unit 42 talks password security
* [Passcode's "The Cybersecurity Podcast"](http://bit.ly/1PqkCJw): CSO Rick Howard discusses the half-life of secrets and the US military's Starship Enterprise
* [Fox Business Network's FAST FORWARD podcast](http://bit.ly/1hIJEJw): Unit 42's Ryan Olson talks to Jo Ling Kent about how consumers can better protect themselves online and the challenges the government faces in properly attributing cyberattacks.

This new on-demand webinar [examines effective compensating control](http://bit.ly/1hXw98F) to prevent unknown exploits and exceed PCI DSS requirements.

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