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Palo Alto Networks, Google Cloud Announce Intrusion Detection System

Palo Alto Networks & Google Cloud unveil Cloud IDS (Intrusion Detection System), a network threat detection system delivered as a native Google Cloud service.

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This ransomware gang hunts for evidence of crime to pressure victims into paying a ransom

"Extremely disciplined" Mespinoza attackers quietly enter networks via RDP attacks and search for files related to sensitive information that they threaten to publish if the victim doesn't pay a ransom.

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Report sheds light on 'cocky' but 'creative' Mespinoza ransomware group

Palo Alto's Unit 42 rejects claims group has shifted to ransomware-as-a-service

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DHS cybersecurity chief confirmed amid fallout from another ransomware attack

(CNN)The Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Jen Easterly to lead the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity division, a role that will be key in the administration's cybersecurity efforts.

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Kaseya ransomware attack: What we know now

Palo Alto Networks Senior Vice President Wendi Whitmore discusses the new business model behind ransomware attacks and how it's disrupting supply chains.

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Nvidia DPUs Get Data Center Win With Palo Alto Networks’ Backing

With the new DPU-accelerated VM-Series NGFW from Palo Alto Networks, the new solution automatically determines which portions of network traffic the firewall needs to inspect, which can significantly reduce the amount of work required by CPUs and improve throughput performance.

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Don’t be that employee: How to avoid ransomware attacks at work

When a security vulnerability at IT software-maker Kaseya led to a ransomware attack that affected 800 to 1,500 businesses, it wasn’t one employee’s fault.

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Ransomware Is a Worldwide Problem: Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Senior Vice President Wendi Whitmore discusses the new business model behind ransomware attacks and how it's disrupting supply chains.

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Ransomware hits hundreds of US companies, security firm says

WASHINGTON (AP) — A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident.

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The 10 Coolest Cloud Security Tools Of 2021 (So Far)

The 10 coolest cloud security tools to hit the market in 2021 (so far) can discover critical data located in the public cloud, centrally manage Amazon Web Services EC2 instances in real-time, and visualize and prioritize cloud security risks.

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The 10 most powerful companies in enterprise networking 2021

Here's our rundown of what makes these 10 vendors of network gear the biggest power players within the enterprise.

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Palo Alto Networks, AT&T, Dish Boost SASE 5G Security

Secure access service edge (SASE) and 5G are two of the biggest buzzwords in the network world, and according to Palo Alto Networks, the technologies represent an opportunity for managed service providers to drive revenues and combat a vastly expanded security perimeter.

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Sepa cyber attack recovery could take years

Scotland's environmental watchdog has said it could take years to fully recover from a cyber attack.

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Ransomware funds more ransomware, so how do we stop it?

Pretend, for a moment, that you are the president. This ransomware thing is escalating. Like, hackers screwed with the gas supply on the East Coast — nightmare!

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Biden Tells Putin To Crack Down On Ransomware. What Are The Odds He Will?

If you want to extort millions of dollars from a large U.S. company, you can't do it alone. It takes a village.

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Can the ransomware threat be stopped?

Ransomware attacks have become one of the biggest threats in cybersecurity today.

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Nvidia reveals how its BlueField DPUs boost Palo Alto Networks’ virtual firewall performance

Nvidia Corp. and Palo Alto Networks Inc. detailed today how they created what they say is a massively accelerated virtual next-generation firewall that doesn’t impact network performance.

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New Ransomware Group Claiming Connection to REvil Gang Surfaces

'Prometheus' is the latest example of how the ransomware-as-a-service model is letting new gangs scale up operations quickly.

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Any company can be victim of a ransomware attack

Any company can be victim of a ransomware attack

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Prisma Cloud CSPM looks to mitigate DevSecOps conflicts

Palo Alto Networks' CSPM product uses machine learning to tackle a point of DevSecOps friction -- too many security alerts that aren't tied to imminent threats.

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Emerging 'Prometheus' ransomware claims 30 victims in a dozen countries, Palo Alto Networks says

A new ransomware group claims to have breached 30 organizations in government, financial services, health care services, and energy firms in the United States, United Kingdom, and a dozen more countries, according to Palo Alto Networks research published Wednesday.

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Palo Alto Networks Extends Scope of CSPM Platform

Palo Alto Networks today updated its cloud security posture management (CSPM) platform to include a range of capabilities that make it simpler for security teams to prioritize which cloud threats they respond to first.

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New Siloscape malware targets Windows containers and highlights security pitfalls

Researchers at Palo Alto Unit 42 have discovered what they think is the first malware strain known to target Windows cloud containers.

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Palo Alto Networks Finds First Windows Container Malware

Palo Alto Networks revealed today it has discovered the first known malware targeting Windows containers. Dubbed Siloscape, the malware employs sophisticated code obfuscation techniques to create a backdoor into a Kubernetes cluster running Window containers that could be exploited later.

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How to Negotiate with Ransomware Hackers

Kurtis Minder finds the cat-and-mouse energy of outsmarting criminal syndicates deeply satisfying.

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First Known Malware Surfaces Targeting Windows Containers

Siloscape is designed to create a backdoor in Kubernetes clusters to run malicious containers.

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As cybersecurity evolves, so should your board

Executives need to clearly communicate risks but also bring context to data. Tech talk is out: speaking the same language will win the day.

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In The Ransomware Battle, Cybercriminals Have The Upper Hand

The NBA's Houston Rockets were hit by a ransomware attack earlier this month. Now it's the Washington, D.C., police department. The common thread is a ransomware group called Babuk, which was unknown and likely didn't exist until it began posting on the dark web early this year.

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Open-source tool Yor automatically tags IaC resources for traceability and auditability

Yor is an open-source tool from Palo Alto Networks that automatically tags cloud resources within infrastructure as code (IaC) frameworks such as Terraform, Cloudformation, Kubernetes, and Serverless Framework.

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Better cybersecurity means finding the “unknown unknowns”

Computing today is a complex and expansive web of hardware, software, and cloud services—so vast that many businesses don’t know what they’re running where. That’s a big problem.
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