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Happy Holidays! We've rounded up all the past week's top Palo Alto Networks news right here.

Read 2016 Cybersecurity Predictions from our experts:

* [Prediction 1](http://bit.ly/1PGx3mX): Joerg Sieber predicts how changes in marketing trends could impact web-based attacks in 2016.
* [Prediction 2](http://bit.ly/1QKVwbn): Brian Tokuyoshi predicts that the "what" will matter more than the "who" in mobile security.
* [Prediction 3](http://bit.ly/1OW2L0P): Matt Keil predicts public cloud security will move into the spotlight.
* [Prediction 4](http://bit.ly/1N0n2QK): Michael Moshiri predicts that growth in exploit-based attacks will require increased emphasis on prevention.
* [Prediction 5](http://bit.ly/21tluVG): Jonathan Lewis predicts the major trends that will gain prominence for service providers next year.
* [Prediction 6](http://bit.ly/1HGCAJn): Del Rodillas predicts the rise of mobility in the Industrial Internet of Things, and how attackers will also start to use it to compromise the automation environment.
* [Prediction 7](http://bit.ly/1PFnV3P): Matt Mellen predicts that healthcare technology advances will open up new attack vectors.
* [Prediction 8](http://bit.ly/21Nbkj1): Joerg Sieber predicts that rapid adoption of mobile payments will accelerate cybersecurity threats.
* [Prediction 9](http://bit.ly/1TG9wSI): Ryan Olson predicts the changes we can expect in 2016 with regards to the threat landscape.
* [Prediction 10](http://bit.ly/1RpjB8Y): Scott Simkin predicts that cyberthreat intelligence sharing will go mainstream.
* [Prediction 11](http://bit.ly/1lUhfSY): Greg Day looks ahead to cybersecurity trends for the New Year.
* [Prediction 12](http://bit.ly/1UGlKw2): Will Howerton predicts executives will embrace accountability and action.
* [Prediction 13](http://bit.ly/1QWbUpr): Glenn Dasmalchi predicts there will be security with agility for firewalls and applications.

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Unit 42 [found BBSRAT attacks targeting Russian organizations](http://bit.ly/1U3sLGg) linked to Roaming Tiger, and [discovered ProxyBack malware](http://bit.ly/1OocNbr) that turns user systems into proxies without consent.

Read what Unit 42 researchers had to say about the 2016 Threat Landscape in [this #PANWchat Wrap-Up](http://bit.ly/1Jh9cV5).

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Palo Alto Networks VP, CSO-EMEA Greg Day [discussed data protection reform](http://bit.ly/22lnPT0). Are you preparing for a fresh perspective?

Matt Keil [pondered the question](http://bit.ly/1QJ9rQJ): Do organizational changes improve cloud security?

Steve Winterfeld [reviewed "Information Warfare: Chaos on the Electronic Superhighway"](http://bit.ly/1QM0PZE) for the Cybersecurity Canon.

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