{"id":17422,"date":"2016-08-20T04:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=17422"},"modified":"2016-08-19T15:09:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T22:09:41","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-august-20-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-august-20-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 August 20, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you miss any of this week\u2019s Palo Alto Networks action? Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ve rounded up the top news right here.<\/p>\n<p>Unit 42 discovered malware known as \u2018Aveo\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2aXMhsX\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">targeting Japanese speaking users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unit 42 researchers Bo Qu, Hui Gao and Tongbo Luo were recognized in the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2aWnmq0\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Bounty Program Top 100 list<\/a> at Black Hat.<\/p>\n<p>Get a glimpse into the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2blPZrA\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">cybercrime underground<\/a> in this new Unit 42 series exploring actors, motivations and the current threat landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Were you stumped by any of the Unit 42 LabyREnth CTF challenges? We\u2019ll be sharing the solutions to all six challenge tracks over the next several weeks. This week we shared solutions for the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bMpgtc\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Document Track<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Unit-42-banner.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-17410 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Unit-42-banner-500x68.png\" alt=\"Unit 42 banner\" width=\"500\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Unit-42-banner.png 500w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Unit-42-banner-230x31.png 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Unit-42-banner-240x33.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We introduced the new <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bacbEK\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Info and Insights<\/a> content at Palo Alto Networks: content that respects your time.<\/p>\n<p>Learn on-demand: Scott Simkin shared three critical steps for <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1TYmSvo\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">preventing ransomware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By popular demand, we have more Ultimate Test Drives and hands-on-workshops lined up for Ignite Conference 2017. Get the details and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2b7oRNT\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">register today to save big!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IGNITE17-HEADER_FOOTER-01.png\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:36%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17263 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IGNITE17-HEADER_FOOTER-01-500x180.png\" alt=\"IGNITE17-HEADER_FOOTER-01\" width=\"500\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IGNITE17-HEADER_FOOTER-01-500x180.png 500w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IGNITE17-HEADER_FOOTER-01-230x83.png 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IGNITE17-HEADER_FOOTER-01-768x276.png 768w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IGNITE17-HEADER_FOOTER-01-510x184.png 510w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IGNITE17-HEADER_FOOTER-01-111x40.png 111w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IGNITE17-HEADER_FOOTER-01.png 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meet IT superstar Dimitris Patsalas, in this edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2blfNsf\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">People of Palo Alto Networks.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62.jpg\"><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><\/p>\n<p>Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming events<\/a> around the world that you should know about. Don\u2019t forget<\/p>\n<p>to register for our new <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/event-calendar\" target=\"_blank\">events calendar<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/193052\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW Aug 22, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 22, 2016<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/193056\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive MP Aug 25th, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 25, 2016<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/191656\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive TP Aug 24th, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 24, 2016<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/187300\" target=\"_blank\">Migration\/SLR Workshop<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 7, 2016<\/li>\n<li>New York, NY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/187302\" target=\"_blank\">Migration\/SLR Workshop<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 8, 2016<\/li>\n<li>Peabody, MA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you miss any of this week\u2019s Palo Alto Networks action? Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ve rounded up the top news right here. Unit 42 discovered malware known as \u2018Aveo\u2019 targeting Japanese speaking users. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,203],"tags":[2335,2476,166,2446,1819,2142,2443,221,586],"coauthors":[1515],"class_list":["post-17422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news-of-the-week","tag-wehireldrsemea","tag-aveo","tag-black-hat","tag-bounty-program-top-100","tag-ignite","tag-labyrenth","tag-microsoft-security-response-center-msrc","tag-ransomware","tag-unit-42"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17422","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\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17425,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17422\/revisions\/17425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17422"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}