{"id":10812,"date":"2015-10-31T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=10812"},"modified":"2015-12-08T17:12:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T01:12:34","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-october-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-october-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 October 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloween! Settle in with some Halloween treats as you catch up on our top news from this past week.<\/p>\n<p>Unit 42 published part one of the new series on <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1jYUoUJ\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >adversaries &amp; their motivations<\/a> and provided a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/understanding-and-preventing-point-of-sale-attacks\/\">high-level view of the threat landscape<\/a> currently affecting point of scale decides.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68.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-10819 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68-500x68.png\" alt=\"blog-title-unit42-500x68\" width=\"500\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68.png 500w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68-230x31.png 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68-240x33.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greg Day discuss why we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/lets-not-pit-broader-privacy-concerns-against-security-in-the-eu\/\">shouldn't pit broader privacy concerns against security in the EU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Cyber Threat Alliance annouced the results of <a href=\"http:\/\/cyberthreatalliance.org\/cryptowall-report.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Project Redstone<\/a>, the campaign associated with CryptoWall 3, and discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/cryptowall-3-the-cyber-threat-alliance-and-the-future-of-information-sharing\/\">the Future of Information Sharing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President and CEO Mark McLaughlin sat down with fellow Cyber Threat Alliance founders at the Churchill Club to talk about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/cyber-threat-alliance-reflects-on-the-current-state-of-cybersecurity-at-the-churchill-club\/\">current state of cybersecurity<\/a> and what lies ahead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12112032_10153298986357711_5129662197306369911_n.png\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:55.8%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10818 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12112032_10153298986357711_5129662197306369911_n-500x279.png\" alt=\"12112032_10153298986357711_5129662197306369911_n\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12112032_10153298986357711_5129662197306369911_n-500x279.png 500w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12112032_10153298986357711_5129662197306369911_n-230x128.png 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12112032_10153298986357711_5129662197306369911_n-72x40.png 72w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12112032_10153298986357711_5129662197306369911_n.png 503w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a recent <em>SecurityWeek <\/em>column, Scott Simkin examines the challenge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/the-value-of-shared-threat-intelligence\/\">sharing threat intelligence among security vendors<\/a>, noting how vendors who treat threat intelligence as intellectual property are doing more harm than good when it comes to stopping cyber attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto Networks researcher Hui Gao discovered a new critical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/palo-alto-networks-researcher-discovers-critical-ie-vulnerability\/\">Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability<\/a> affecting Internet Explorer users with versions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.<\/p>\n<p>Our Technical Documentations team answers the question: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1MJGOMc\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >what is NetFlow and how can it help me monitor traffic<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12187798_10153291596787711_255479104175961206_n.png\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"498\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:62.45%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10820 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12187798_10153291596787711_255479104175961206_n.png\" alt=\"12187798_10153291596787711_255479104175961206_n\" width=\"498\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12187798_10153291596787711_255479104175961206_n.png 498w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12187798_10153291596787711_255479104175961206_n-230x144.png 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12187798_10153291596787711_255479104175961206_n-480x300.png 480w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12187798_10153291596787711_255479104175961206_n-64x40.png 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Registration for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/registration-is-open-spark-user-summits-in-amsterdam-and-boston\/\">upcoming Fuel User Group Spark User Summits<\/a> in Boston &amp; Amsterdam is now open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spark_user_summit-500x309.png\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:61.8%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10821 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spark_user_summit-500x309-500x309.png\" alt=\"spark_user_summit-500x309\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spark_user_summit-500x309.png 500w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spark_user_summit-500x309-230x142.png 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spark_user_summit-500x309-485x300.png 485w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/spark_user_summit-500x309-65x40.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn how to navigate through your Palo Alto Networks firewall and Panorama configurations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=10790&amp;preview=true&amp;preview_id=10790&amp;preview_nonce=c9f4066648\">Global Find<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1PU4svH\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >this week\u2019s installment of the Channel Scoop<\/a>, where we give you all the key items you need to know to maximize your channel partnership with Palo Alto Networks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1.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-10802 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1.jpg\" alt=\"PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog\" width=\"498\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1-230x124.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1-74x40.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/people-of-palo-alto-networks-get-in-on-the-ground-floor\/\">break ground<\/a> on our new campus in the second episode of \u201cPeople of Palo Alto Networks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_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-10643 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_Blog.jpg\" alt=\"PAN_Culture_Blog\" width=\"498\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_Blog.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_Blog-230x124.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_Blog-74x40.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/\">upcoming events<\/a> around the world that you should know about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDM5MQ==\">End of Year Texans Event<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 1, 2014 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST<\/li>\n<li>Where: Houston, TX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDM5NQ==\">Ultimate Test Drive Workshop<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 2, 2015 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM MST<\/li>\n<li>Where: Billings, MT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDI3OQ==\">Cybersecurity: Reassessing the Cyber Threat Landscape<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 4, 2015 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST<\/li>\n<li>Where: Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDI2MQ==\">Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 4, 2015 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST<\/li>\n<li>Where: Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlMzkxOQ==\">Unit 42 Threat Research<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 4, 2015 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST<\/li>\n<li>Where: Reston, VA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/\">10 Things your Cybersecurity Solution Must Do<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 5, 2015 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM GMT+8:00<\/li>\n<li>Where: Perth, WA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDEzOQ==\">11\u67086\u65e5(\u91d1)\u88fd\u54c1\u4f53\u611f\uff7e\uff90\uff85\uff70<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 6, 2015 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM GMT+9:00<\/li>\n<li>Where: \u5343\u4ee3\u7530\u533a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDM4Nw==\">Threat Prevention Ultimate Test Drive<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 6, 2015 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST<\/li>\n<li>Where: Kissimmee, FL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDQyOQ==\">Executive Dinner<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 9, 2015 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST<\/li>\n<li>Where: Houston, TX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDQzNg==\">10 Things your Cybersecurity Solution Must Do<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 10, 2015 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM GMT+10:00<\/li>\n<li>Where: North Sydney, NSW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDI2Mg==\">Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 11, 2015 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST<\/li>\n<li>Where: Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNDE0Mw==\">11\u670813\u65e5(\u91d1)\u88fd\u54c1\u5b9f\u611f\uff84\uff9a\uff70\uff86\uff9d\uff78\uff9e<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When: November 13, 2015 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM GMT+9:00<\/li>\n<li>Where: \u5343\u4ee3\u7530\u533a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloween! Settle in with some Halloween treats as you catch up on our top news from this past week. Unit 42 published part one of the new series on adversaries &amp; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[834,662],"coauthors":[709],"class_list":["post-10812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-cryptowall","tag-cyber-threat-alliance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10812"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11340,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812\/revisions\/11340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10812"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}