{"id":13459,"date":"2016-04-30T04:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=13459"},"modified":"2016-04-29T14:20:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T21:20:22","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-april-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-april-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 April 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve rounded up all of the top Palo Alto Networks news from the past week right here.<\/p>\n<p>Unit 42 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1qVwfly\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">discussed<\/a> Afraidgate, a major exploit kit campaign swapping Locky ransomware for CryptXXX. The team also <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/24kGI8N\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">highlighted<\/a> the threat intelligence it contributed to the 2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).<\/p>\n<p>Want to keep up with Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence? Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/unit42\/\" target=\"_blank\">here in the \u201cGet Updates\u201d box<\/a>,\u00a0and receive updates from the Unit 42 threat intelligence blog in real time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-title-unit42-500x68.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10819\"><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><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto Networks Chairman, President and CEO, Mark McLaughlin <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1TsTXiD\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">shared insights<\/a> on making breaches more difficult for attackers in this clip from Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p>Forrester Research <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1N0ENC7\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">selected<\/a> Palo Alto Networks as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Automated Malware Analysis, Q2 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto Networks <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1SJXvA2\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">earned<\/a> the top spot in this year\u2019s \u201cBest Places to Work in the Bay Area\u201d list by San Francisco Business Times.<\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto Networks VP and Federal CSO, John Davis, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1SIdFqC\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">completed his blog series on four imperatives<\/a> for cybersecurity success in the digital age.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1pG1vnJ\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Join our webinar on May 3 to hear a Palo Alto Networks customer case study<\/a> on how to achieve PCI compliance in Amazon Web Services.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11218\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:12.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11218 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-500x62.jpg\" alt=\"youre invited\" width=\"500\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-230x29.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-240x30.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/\">upcoming events<\/a>\u00a0around the world that you should know about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTUzOA==\">Convite Para Filme Capit\u00e3o Am\u00e9rica: Guerra Civil!<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 2, 2016 7:00 PM - 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