{"id":15274,"date":"2016-07-02T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=15274"},"modified":"2017-12-20T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T18:50:00","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-july-2-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-july-2-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 July 2, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now is your chance to catch up on all of our top news from this past week.<\/p>\n<p>Game over, Prince of Persia: Unit 42 helped take down the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/291CTyR\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Infy malware<\/a> campaign by successfully gaining control of multiple C2 domains to disable attacker\u2019s access to victims.<\/p>\n<p>Unit 42 researchers also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/unit42-recent-mnkit-exploit-activity-reveals-some-common-threads\/\" target=\"_blank\">identified a variant of MNKit<\/a>-weaponized documents being used to deliver LURK0 Gh0st, NetTraveler, and Saker payloads, analyzing connections between past and recent MNKit activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-june-25-2016\/unit-42-banner-1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14989\"><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-14989 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Unit-42-banner-1-2-500x68.png\" alt=\"Unit-42-banner-1 (2)\" width=\"500\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Unit-42-banner-1-2.png 500w, 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class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:30.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14148 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/TechDocs_logo_lrg_final1-500x153.jpg\" alt=\"TechDocs_logo_lrg_final[1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"153\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn how to secure the Industrial Internet of things with Palo Alto Networks and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/29gugST\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Honeywell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the first Palo Alto Networks <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/298RxpW\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Intern Tech Week<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-december-5\/phpthumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11218\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span 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href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTY3Mw==\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto Networks -Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW July 5,2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 5, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT+8:00<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTc3MA==\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 6, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTY0MA==\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW July 6th, 2016 - SPANISH<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 6, 2016 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM CST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQxNA==\" target=\"_blank\">Ultimate Test Drive - Migration Process<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>July 12, 2016 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM CET<\/li>\n<li>Issy Les Moulineaux<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a 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