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DNSChanger Rogue DNS Servers Taken Down

February 6th, 2012

Great info from the Palo Alto Networks Product Management Team on the latest events surrounding DNSChanger. DNSChanger is a malware family that has been around for several years now, and at its height controlled the web browsing of some 4 million PCs.  DNSChanger typically masqueraded as a video codec download, and once downloaded would surreptitiously [...]

Findings from WildFire

November 8th, 2011

It has been a busy and exciting week at Palo Alto Networks where we have announced a brand new platform – the PA-200 a branch office appliance for the distributed enterprise , a new software update – PAN-OS 4.1 with more than 50 new features , and WildFire™, a completely new capability of the next-generation [...]

Exploring the Security and Threat Landscape as a SecurityWeek Contributor

October 20th, 2011

I have been invited to be a regular guest columnist for SecurityWeek, a well-known, industry-respected publication that covers IT security from avariety of angles. In my first few posts, I explore the “Evolution of Malware” (September 19, 2011) and the ways to combat it in “Getting Your Hands Dirty in the Fight on Modern Malware” [...]