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Protections Released for Flame

Today Palo Alto Networks released emergency antivirus release #756 to provide coverage for the recently discovered Flame malware. This update includes multiple signatures to detect the main module of Flame as well as its subcomponents including dvnetcfg.ocx, advnetcfg.ocx, and soapr32.ocx. Symantec has published a very good summary of these components and their role in the overall functionality of the malware....

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May 30, 2012

By Palo Alto Networks

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The Firewall is Dead. Long Live the Firewall!

Recently, Roger Grimes opined that the firewall was dead. Several folks chimed in to tell him that he was wrong, and much debate has ensued, citing reports about the nature of recent breaches, how attacks used...

May 18, 2012

By Palo Alto Networks

Fresh Perspectives on Consumerization and BYOD - Part 3

This is the third of a three-part blog series exploring the issues and challenges with consumerization and BYOD. In part 1 of this series, we examined the challenge of dealing with the scope and diversity of co...

May 11, 2012

By Brian Tokuyoshi

A Wrap Up of InfoSec Europe

It’s been a busy week at InfoSec Europe, the security event held at Earl’s Court in Kensington, London. The show continues to bring together some of the best and brightest minds in security, and that’s reflected by the level of conversations that we’ve had. Day after da...

May 03, 2012

By Brian Tokuyoshi

The Jericho Botnet — Why Break A Wall When You Can Just Sneak Through?

One of the advantages of having an automated malware detection system with distributed nodes around the world is that you get to see a lot of malware.

May 02, 2012

By Palo Alto Networks

A Preview of Infosec Europe

It’s April, spring is in the air, and that means crowds of security professionals will soon make their way to London for InfoSec Europe. This year the event will be held April 24th through the 26th, 2012, and Earl’s Court in the Royal Borough of Kensington will host the...

Apr 20, 2012

By Brian Tokuyoshi

Weighing in on the Role of a Modern CIO

Just read a great byline piece by Irving Wladawsky-Berger in the Wall Street Journal on evaluating the modern CIO. I completely agree that the old interpretation of the CIO role (internal and operational in Ir...

Apr 04, 2012

By Palo Alto Networks

Enterprises Share More Real-World Examples of Safe Enablement

Last week's annual RSA Security Conference in San Francisco was an exciting week. There was tremendous buzz and a sense of optimism that permeated the show floor. For us, that se...

Mar 09, 2012

By Rene Bonvanie

The Power of Customers Telling Their Story

Onstage today at the RSA Conference four of our customers agreed to no longer being seen by their co-workers as 'the stop police' or 'yes men.' They are granting a lot more access than ever before and ironicall...

Feb 29, 2012

By Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks at RSA Conference 2012

It's that time of the year again; RSA Conference 2012 began yesterday and we couldn't be more excited. For those of us who make information security a part of our daily lives, this event offers a unique opportu...

Feb 28, 2012

By Palo Alto Networks

Three Ways Social Media Can Put Enterprises at Risk

In a recent post for ReadWriteWeb (3 Ways Social Media Can Put Enterprises at Risk), I outlined a few IT security “blind spots” that many companies are currently trying to address when dealing with social media...

Feb 06, 2012

By Rene Bonvanie

I am a Social Media Fanatic...

I confess. I am a social media fanatic. I have even been called other words – ones rather unsuitable for this blog. But I love social media; I love how it gives me the ability to stay connected and keep up to date – both personally and professionally. So you can imagin...

Jan 31, 2012

By Rene Bonvanie

Workers of the World Unite (and be Social)

While our resident research analyst and long-standing author of the Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk Report, Matt Keil, is out speaking at one of our European User Group Conferences this week, I wa...

Jan 26, 2012

By Matt Keil

Browser-based Filesharing Usage: Work or Entertainment?

For some time now, we have been watching the browser-based filesharing market which has expanded to where we saw 65 different application offerings in the latest Application Usage and Risk Report. A large numb...

Jan 18, 2012

By Matt Keil

“Active” Social Networking Up 300%; Twitter Skyrockets 700%

In last week’s blog entry, Rene’ aptly termed 2011 as the Year of Me; the year when social media and a wide range of other personal applications were used in abundance on corporate...

Jan 17, 2012

By Matt Keil

2011: The Year of Me.

Yes, the year of me. The year of: I will use whatever app I want and you can’t stop me. Social networking, Google apps, streaming media, web mail, instant messaging, and file sharing of all types – are all running rampant on our networks – right beside SAP, Jive, salesf...

Jan 13, 2012

By Rene Bonvanie

Dropbox and iCloud: David vs Goliath?

Today I saw this article in Wired on Dropbox and found it very interesting based on the classic David vs Goliath comparison, where the small, innovative solution is pitted against the larger, more established solutions and vendors (Apple and their new iCloud offering)....

Dec 22, 2011

By Matt Keil

Coverage Information for Adobe Security Bulletin (CVE-2011-2462)

Adobe has published a security bulletin ("Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat", CVE-2011-2462) regarding a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat that can allow an at...

Dec 07, 2011

By Taylor Ettema

PA-200 Launch:
Bringing “Context” to Firewall Policy for the Distributed...

This week we launched the PA-200 next-generation firewall and PAN-OS 4.1. This product launch really honed in on two key areas our enterprise customers need help with:

Nov 11, 2011

By Palo Alto Networks

Coverage Information for Microsoft Security Advisory (2639658)

Microsoft has published a Security Advisory ("Vulnerability in TrueType Font Parsing Could Allow Elevation of Privilege", CVE-2011-3402) regarding a vulnerability in Microsoft Wind...

Nov 09, 2011

By Palo Alto Networks

Findings from WildFire

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 completel...

Nov 08, 2011

By Palo Alto Networks

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