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# Palo Alto Networks News of the Week: November 18, 2017

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[News of the Week](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/news-of-the-week/?ts=markdown)  
[2018 Cybersecurity Predictions](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/tag/2018-cybersecurity-predictions/?ts=markdown)  
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Did you miss any of this week's Palo Alto Networks action? Don't worry -- we've rounded up our top news and views right here:

* Unit 42 shared new research:
  * [Muddying the Water: Targeted Attacks in the Middle East](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/unit42-muddying-the-water-targeted-attacks-in-the-middle-east/?ts=markdown)
* We kicked off our 2018 Cybersecurity Predictions and Recommendations series with these two posts for the financial services and healthcare industries:
  * [2018 Predictions \& Recommendations: Cyber Hygiene for Financial Institutions Found Non-Compliant with SWIFT Mandatory Security Controls](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/2018-predictions-recommendations-cyber-hygiene-financial-institutions-found-non-compliant-swift-mandatory-security-controls/?ts=markdown)
  * [2018 Predictions \& Recommendations: Advances in Machine Learning Will Improve Both Patient Care and Cybersecurity](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/2018-predictions-recommendations-advances-machine-learning-will-improve-patient-care-cybersecurity/?ts=markdown)
* Our engineers [shared how they used Elasticsearch and MongoDB to enhance Palo Alto Networks Aperture](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/engineers-at-work-enhancing-aperture-elasticsearch-mongodb/?ts=markdown).
* This week's [threat brief discussed why ransomware hurts so much and is so hard to stop](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/threat-brief-ransomware-hurts-much-hard-stop/?ts=markdown) and how [Traps advanced endpoint protection from Palo Alto Networks](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/traps-prevents-ransomware-attacks/?ts=markdown) can help.
* Mansur Hasib reviewed "[Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/cybersecurity-canon-blockchain-revolution-technology-behind-bitcoin-changing-money-business-world/?ts=markdown)" for the Cybersecurity Canon.
* We explored the [human factors behind cybersecurity and how, at its core, cybersecurity can be seen as a human issue](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/cso-cybersecurity-human-factors-cybersecurity-human-issue-rather-technical-problem/?ts=markdown) rather than a technical problem.
* We examined [Japan's new cybersecurity priorities](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/cso-japans-new-cybersecurity-strategies-right-priorities-mind/?ts=markdown) and how they are structured for success.
* Palo Alto Networks employees came together to send [special-ops teddy bears to U.S. military active duty families](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/bridging-miles-1000-special-ops-teddy-bears-en-route-u-s-military-active-duty-families/?ts=markdown).
* David Mundhenk and Ben Rothke examined [the importance of doing multifactor authentication the PCI way](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/11/guest-post-multifactor-authentication-pci-way/?ts=markdown).

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* November 22, 2017
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* November 30, 2017
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