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# Palo Alto Networks News of the Week -- March 5

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In case your week was as busy as ours, we rounded up all of the top Palo Alto Networks news for you below.

Unit 42 [identified](http://bit.ly/1pmnlNw) a new malware named 'Rover' targeting the Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan.

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We were at RSA Conference 2016 this week. Check out our [Day 1 recap](http://bit.ly/1ONQNk1) and [highlights from the week](http://bit.ly/1U01RBf).

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Rick Howard [discussed the first principles for network defenders](http://bit.ly/1T6IuaN): a unified theory for security practitioners.

We [highlighted SunRice](http://bit.ly/21xb8TT) for this month's customer spotlight.

Committee Member, [Dawn-Marie Hutchinson reviewed](http://bit.ly/1QI8N0n) "Advanced Persistent Threat Hacking: The Art and Science of Hacking Any Organization" by Tyler Wrightson for the Cybersecurity Canon.

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