{"id":24480,"date":"2017-02-18T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=24480"},"modified":"2017-02-17T10:31:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:31:30","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-week-february-18-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/palo-alto-networks-news-week-february-18-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 February 18, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you miss any of this week\u2019s Palo Alto Networks action? Don\u2019t worry -- we\u2019ve rounded up our top news and views right here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thought leadership and rapid intel sharing: Mark McLaughlin talks about the importance of Palo Alto Networks participation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/cyber-threat-alliance-expands-working-together-prevent-cyber-breaches\/\">Cyber Threat Alliance<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you were at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/look-back-rsa-conference-2017\/\">RSA Conference 2017<\/a>, we hope you had as much fun as we did! Here are highlights from this year\u2019s event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><div class=\"styleIt\" style=\"width:560px;height:315px;\"><lite-youtube videoid=\"z17xvnI5tcg\" ><\/lite-youtube><\/div>ff<\/center><center><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was a busy week for Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 threat research team. Here is what they shared:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/unit42-xagentosx-sofacys-xagent-macos-tool\/\">XAgentOSX: Sofacy\u2019s XAgent macOS Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/unit42-banking-trojans-ursnif-global-distribution-networks-identified\/\">Banking Trojans: Ursnif Global Distribution Networks Identified<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/unit42-magic-hound-campaign-attacks-saudi-targets\/\">Magic Hound Campaign Attacks Saudi Targets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/unit42-menupass-returns-new-malware-new-attacks-japanese-academics-organizations\/\">menuPass Returns with New Malware and New Attacks Against Japanese Academics and Organizations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Karin Shopen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/credential-based-attack\/\">explored credential theft and the importance of preventing credential abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What can PAN-OS 8.0 do for you? Here\u2019s our ongoing look into all its exciting capabilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/pan-os-8-0-empowering-financial-sector-prevent-advanced-threats\/\">PAN-OS 8.0: Empowering the Financial Sector to Prevent Advanced Threats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/pan-os-8-0-accelerating-large-scale-multi-cloud-deployments\/\">PAN-OS 8.0: Accelerating Large-Scale, Multi-Cloud Deployments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/pan-os-8-0-multi-method-threat-prevention\/\">PAN-OS 8.0: Multi-Method Threat Prevention Is Here!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/pan-os-8-0-service-providers-customers-benefit-expanded-line-virtual-network-functions\/\">PAN-OS 8.0: Service Providers and Customers Benefit From Expanded Line of Virtual Network Functions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/\">upcoming events<\/a> around the world that you should know about. 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