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Financial Services

PAN-OS 8.1: New Features for the Financial Sector

Hopefully, you saw our recent announcement of PAN-OS 8.1. This blog will highlight the top three features in 8.1 that help bolster confidence and control in the growing use of the public cloud by financial institutions, and optimize the decryption infrastructure for operational efficiencies and and improved performance.

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Financial Services

Firewall

Products and Services

Mar 05, 2018

By Lawrence Chin

Palo Alto Networks

Products and Services

Partners

Financial Services, Predictions

2018 Predictions & Recommendations: Cyber Hygiene for Financial Instit...

This post is part of an ongoing blog series examining predictions and recommendations for cybersecurity in 2018.

Nov 15, 2017

By Lawrence Chin

Financial Services

Palo Alto Networks and De Nederlandsche Bank Agree on Preapproved “Right to...

I’m pleased to announce that we reached an agreement with De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) on preapproved contractual language granting the DNB the “right to examine” Palo Alto Networks...

Nov 06, 2017

By Fred Streefland

Financial Services

Find Opportunities to Introduce Network Segmentation

Network segmentation is not a new concept. It’s been applied to improve performance by reducing collision domains in shared Ethernet networks and broadcast domains in Layer 2 networks. However, the idea of netw...

Sep 04, 2017

By Lawrence Chin

Customer Spotlight, Financial Services, Security Platform

Customer Spotlight: Bank OCBC NISP Cuts Management Time in Half With Palo A...

Consistently ranked one of the “World’s Safest Banks” by Global Finance magazine, Bank OCBC NISP is one of the oldest and largest banks in Indonesia....

Aug 22, 2017

By Rae Harrison

Financial Services

PSD2: How Cybersecurity Professionals Can Prepare For the New Banking Indus...

The European Union (EU) will see the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive go into effect in May 2018. My colleagues have a...

Jun 28, 2017

By Lawrence Chin

Financial Services

Understanding New York State’s Cybersecurity Compliance for Financial Insti...

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) cybersecurity regulations go into effect today. In this blog post, I’ll share what these regulations mean and the biggest...

Mar 01, 2017

By Lawrence Chin

Financial Services, Predictions

2017 Cybersecurity Predictions: Financial Sector Attackers Exploit Cracks i...

This post is part of an ongoing blog series examining “Sure Things” (predictions that are almost guaranteed to happen) and “Long Shots” (predictions t...

Dec 06, 2016

By Lawrence Chin

Financial Services

ATMs Need Better Protection From Malware

In 2016, payments by credit or debit cards will exceed the use of cash for the first time in history. Although the popularity of electronic payments will continue to grow, cash will not be phasing out anytime s...

Oct 24, 2016

By Lawrence Chin

Endpoint, Financial Services, Security Platform, Threat Prevention

Traps v3.4: New Features Help Prevent Cyberattacks on Banks

In recent months, reports of several breaches at SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) member banks have come to light....

Aug 09, 2016

By Lawrence Chin

CSO Perspective, Financial Services

Putting the METI Cyberthreat Information Sharing Recommendation Into Action...

(This blog post is also available in Japanese.)In our May 2016 blog post, we described Japan’s new Cybersecurity Guidelines for Business Leadership Ve...

Jul 25, 2016

By Mihoko Matsubara and Danielle Kriz

Financial Services

Preventive Actions in the Aftermath of A Major Bank Breach

In February, stolen credentials of a Bangladesh bank were used to submit fraudulent fund transfer requests via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIF...

Jul 14, 2016

By Lawrence Chin

Financial Services, Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

The OilRig Campaign: Attacks on Saudi Arabian Organizations Deliver Helmint...

In May 2016, Unit 42 observed targeted attacks primarily focused on financial institutions and technology organizations within Saudi Arabia. Artifacts...

May 26, 2016

By Robert Falcone and Bryan Lee

Cybersecurity, Financial Services, Security Platform

Hot Cybersecurity Topics for Financial Institutions from the FS-ISAC Summit

Earlier this month, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) held its annual summit in Miami. Attended by over 1,100 i...

May 18, 2016

By Lawrence Chin

Financial Services, Security Platform

How the Financial Services Industry Can Prevent Ransomware

There has been much media coverage of ransomware over the past several months. The healthcare industry has been in this spotlight most recently, but f...

May 11, 2016

By Lawrence Chin

Announcement, Financial Services, Security Platform

How Financial Institutions Benefit from PAN-OS 7.1

Palo Alto Networks recently released PAN-OS 7.1 for our Next-Generation Security Platform. Many financial institutions will not immediately adopt a brand-new version of software, instead preferring to see how s...

Apr 11, 2016

By Lawrence Chin

Announcement, Financial Services, SCADA & ICS

Now Available: Open-Sourced AutoFocus Python Client Library

Palo Alto Networks is proud to announce the public release of a Python client library for interacting with our AutoFocus API.

Mar 15, 2016

By Ben Small and Russ Holloway

Financial Services, Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

New Android Trojan “Xbot” Phishes Credit Cards and Bank Accounts, Encrypts ...

We recently discovered 22 Android apps that belong to a new Trojan family we’re calling “Xbot”. This Trojan, which is still under development and regu...

Feb 18, 2016

By Cong Zheng, Claud Xiao and Zhi Xu

Endpoint, Financial Services, Security Platform

Traps: Preventing Successful Attacks on Legacy ATM Endpoints

Microsoft discontinued support of the venerable Windows XP operating system (OS) in April 2014. This OS had been a workhorse for over 12 years with a...

Feb 16, 2016

By Lawrence Chin

Financial Services, Malware, Unit 42

Dridex is Back and Targeting the UK

After Brian Krebs reported the September arrests of alleged key figures in the cyber crime gang that developed and operated Dridex, Unit 42 observed a marked decrease in activity related to this banking Trojan – at least until today. Dride...

Oct 01, 2015

By Brandon Levene and Rob Downs

Financial Services, Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Retefe Banking Trojan Targets Sweden, Switzerland and Japan

Retefe is one of the most targeted banking Trojans currently in the wild. While other families such as Zeus and Citadel are widely adopted by attacker...

Aug 20, 2015

By Brandon Levene, Robert Falcone, Josh Grunzweig, Bryan Lee and Ryan Olson

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