{"id":16051,"date":"2016-07-23T04:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=16051"},"modified":"2016-07-21T12:14:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T19:14:24","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-july-23-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-july-23-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 July 23, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve rounded up all of our top news from this past week right here.<\/p>\n

Unit 42 found Andromeda malware<\/a> targeting Italian users in recent spam campaigns, and shared a technical walkthrough<\/a> of the Office Test persistence method used in recent Sofacy attacks. The team also discovered a new variant of PowerWare<\/a>, also known as PoshCoder, imitating the popular Locky ransomware family.<\/p>\n

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Be like Jerry and start your path<\/a> to awesome.<\/p>\n

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CSO EMEA Greg Day suggested\u00a0next steps<\/a> for any cybersecurity team, now that the implementation timeline is defined and the NIS Directive issued is final.<\/p>\n

Davis Hake shared a few thoughts<\/a> on Brian Krebs\u2019 view of what business leaders should know about the value of hacked companies<\/p>\n

Palo Alto Networks Federal Forum brought together top government leaders<\/a> for discussion on next-generation threat prevention.<\/p>\n

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Want to present at Ignite 2017? The Call for Papers is now open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tech Docs<\/a>: Get to know the AutoFocus API.<\/p>\n

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Download this checklist<\/a>\u00a0for a step-by-step guide to implementing a true\u00a0prevention-based platform<\/a>\u00a0that will keep you from falling victim to a ransomware attack.<\/p>\n

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Here are\u00a0upcoming events<\/a>\u00a0around the world that you should know about and don\u2019t forget to register for our new events calendar<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Advanced Endpoint Protection, A Traps Tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n