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Playbook of the Week: Streamlining the management of XDR Incidents

The new Cortex XDR Lite - Incident Handling playbook is a new addition to the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR - Investigation and Response content pack. Used as the default playbook in this content pack, it streamlines incident response workflows for Cortex XDR incidents ingested into XSOAR, automating manual tasks associated with...

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Nov 09, 2023

By Omri Itzhak

Palo Alto Networks

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Playbook of the Week: Unleash the Power of Identity Threat Intelligence wit...

When it comes to detecting identity-related threats, security teams need to distinguish between suspicious but benign activity and truly malicious activity. This can be challenging...

Oct 24, 2023

By Ido Van Dijk

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ONLY Cortex Delivers 100% Protection and Detection in MITRE Engenuity

Listen to the 2023 MITRE ATT&CK ResultsThe results of the fifth round of the MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations have been released, and while...

Sep 20, 2023

By Peter Havens

Must-Read Articles, Use-Cases

Battling macOS Malware with Cortex AI

The threat landscape for macOS is rapidly evolving, demanding ever-increasing vigilance from users and developers alike. While macOS has a reputation for robust security features, it is by no means immune to cyber threats. In fact, the malware landscape targeting macOS...

Jul 11, 2023

By Yinnon Meshi, Eran Tamari and Guy Mazaltrim

Must-Read Articles, Product Features

Linux Threat Hunting with Cortex XDR

The cyber threat landscape is always changing and attackers find new ways to compromise systems and achieve their objectives: espionage, ransomware, etc. With the proliferation of Linux operating systems, attackers are increasingly adapting...

Jul 11, 2023

By Raj Nepali

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The Adventures of Malicious OneNote Attachments in Cortex XDR Land

The Cortex Threat Research team has been tracking recent campaigns that were using malicious OneNote email attachments as the initial attack vector. M...

Jul 05, 2023

By Daniel Frank

Announcement, Must-Read Articles, Product Features

Understand and Protect Your Environment with Cortex 3.7

Security leaders are dealing with an increasingly complex threat landscape, resulting in more questions about risk posture and the need to maintain continuous security monitoring of the enterprise. We are pleas...

Jun 29, 2023

By John Collins

Announcement, Products and Services

Cortex Leads New Ways to Introduce AI-powered Capabilities

With AI and machine-learning at the forefront of innovation for Palo Alto Networks and Cortex, we are continuously finding new ways to improve and adv...

Jun 26, 2023

By Gonen Fink

Playbook of the Week

Playbook of the week: Responding to RDP Brute Force Attacks

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a widely used technology that allows users to remotely access and control computers and servers over a network connection. It is commonly used by o...

May 04, 2023

By Arik Day

Must-Read Articles, Product Features, Uncategorized, Use-Cases

Hunt and Investigate Removable Drive Threats with Cortex XDR

USB file storage devices have been a popular infection vector for cybercriminals for many years. Despite the development of new infection methods, USB...

Apr 19, 2023

By Eli Barr

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What’s Next with Cortex

The Palo Alto Networks Cortex team has been on a mission to radically transform the cybersecurity industry, starting with the SOC. Today, customers who want to detect identity-related attacks must rely on dispa...

Mar 10, 2023

By Gonen Fink

Announcement, News and Events, Partner Integrations, Partners, Products and Services

Palo Alto Networks Cortex and IBM Enhance Modern Incident Response

Every day, IBM Security X-Force works with organizations to prevent, detect, respond and recover from cyberattacks. Choosing the right security tools...

Feb 07, 2023

By Tom Barsi and John Dwyer

Announcement, Partners, Products and Services

Commercial Initiatives for Partner Success – Breakaway 1=5

Our partners can now take advantage of multiple enhancements to our award-winning NextWave Partner Program that help enhance partner profitability, en...

Feb 02, 2023

By Tom Evans

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Protect Your iOS Devices with Cortex XDR Mobile

Your employees probably expect to work from anywhere, at any time they want, on any device. With the rise of remote work, users are accessing business apps and data from mobile dev...

Dec 05, 2022

By Kasey Cross

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Unit 42 Strikes Oil in MITRE Engenuity Managed Services Evaluation

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Managed Services team delivered outstanding results in the face of MITRE Engenuity’s first-ev...

Nov 09, 2022

By Sharon Maydar

Must-Read Articles, Partner Integrations

Reducing the Blast Radius of Zero-Days with Zero Trust and XDR

The clock starts ticking as soon as a zero-day vulnerability is disclosed. Cybersecurity teams scramble to shore up their defenses and search for sign...

Sep 23, 2022

By Kasey Cross

Must-Read Articles, News and Events, Uncategorized

Cortex XDR 3.4: Elevating SecOps with SmartScore & Single Sign-on

Since its inception, Cortex XDR® has set the bar for security, visibility and ease of use. Features introduced over the past year provide the enterpri...

Aug 03, 2022

By Kasey Cross

Announcement, Must-Read Articles, Products and Services

Announcing Our New Unit 42 MDR Service for Cortex XDR

Many organizations, from the smallest to the largest, are working with managed detection and response (MDR) providers to up-level their cybersecurity. Demand for MDR is increasing as attack surfaces grow, cloud...

Aug 03, 2022

By Tanya Wilkins

Must-Read Articles, Points of View, Product Features, Products and Services

Data Expertise Is the Foundation of Good Threat Detection

The extended detection and response (XDR) space has exploded over the past two years. Competitors from both the endpoint detection and response (EDR), as well as the security incid...

Jul 13, 2022

By Josh Zelonis

Must-Read Articles, Uncategorized

Pentesting and Simulation Best Practices in Cortex XDR

Taking part in ethical hacking exercises such as pentesting is a valuable practice for hardening your security posture. Pentesting can help identify gaps and detect security vulnerabilities across an organizati...

Jun 03, 2022

By R. Greenwood and Marcos Ferrari

Must-Read Articles, News and Events

Prevention, Hunting and Playbooks for MSDT Zero-Day (CVE-2022-30190)

In the last few days, a zero-day abusing Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) protocol handler was caught being exploited in the wild. The zero-da...

Jun 01, 2022

By Cortex XDR Research Team

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