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Phishing

Automation: The Best Way to Fix a Breach

A seemingly ordinary day can turn chaotic when you are a CISO. Imagine arriving at your office in a great mood, secure that you’ll complete every item on your checklist. Good cheer is evident as you make your way to your office and fire up your computer.

Use-Cases

Mar 31, 2017

By Jane Goh

Palo Alto Networks

Products and Services

Partners

Unit 42

Dimnie: Hiding in Plain Sight

A note to readers: The code samples included within this blog post may trigger alerts from your security software. Please note that this does not indicate an infection or an attack; rather, it is a notification that the code could be malicious if it were live.

Mar 28, 2017

By Brandon Levene, Dominik Reichel and Esmid Idrizovic

Unit 42

Shamoon 2: Delivering Disttrack

Since late November 2016, the Shamoon 2 attack campaign has brought three waves of destructive attacks to organizations within Saudi Arabia. Our investigation into these attacks has unearthed more details into the method by which the threat actors delivered the Disttrac...

Mar 27, 2017

By Robert Falcone and Bryan Lee

Security Platform

What Is a Credential-Based Attack?

Credential theft, the first stage of a credential-based attack, is the process of stealing credentials. Attackers commonly use phishing for credential theft, as it is fairly cheap and extremely efficient. Its effectiveness relies on human involvement in an attempt to de...

Feb 16, 2017

By Karin Shopen

Unit 42

Can I spam from here: An Unusually Clever Spambot Tests Blacklists

Unit 42 researchers recently observed an unusually clever spambot’s attempts to increase delivery efficacy by abusing reputation blacklist service APIs. Rather than sending spam as...

Oct 19, 2016

By Brandon Levene and Brandon Young

Cybersecurity

Users Getting Phished? 5 Ways to Protect Data

Phishing is an old technique – I mean, really old in internet age. I first got an email address in 1996 while studying engineering. And the phishing technique was described in detail in a paper and presentation...

Aug 31, 2016

By Navneet Singh

Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Fresh Baked HOMEKit-made Cookles – With a DarkHotel Overlap

Threat actors tend to reuse certain tools, a trend we observed during recent Unit 42 research published on MNKit. In this post, we will discuss a fresh toolkit, which on the surfac...

Aug 12, 2016

By Bryan Lee and Robert Falcone

Cybersecurity, Firewall, Lightboard, Security Platform

Watch: Prevention Against Targeted Phishing Attacks

In this Lightboard session, Martin Walter explains how the integration of Palo Alto Networks global URL Filtering service (PAN-DB) works with the single-pass architecture of our next- generation firewalls and o...

Jun 22, 2016

By Palo Alto Networks

Cybersecurity, Threat Prevention

Reeling in Those Pesky Phishing Attacks

We often hear about cyberattacks consisting of exploits or malware meant to gain control of victim machines, and the term “phishing” has become more widely used and understood. Even my dad now knows what phishi...

Jun 01, 2016

By Palo Alto Networks

Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

NanoCoreRAT Behind an Increase in Tax-Themed Phishing E-mails

It seems every mainstream news event or holiday has an accompanying phishing campaign. Opportunistic actors hoping to capitalize on the public's atten...

Feb 09, 2016

By Anthony Kasza and Tyler Halfpop

Cybersecurity, Malware, Threat Prevention, Web Security

Knowledge Is Power: Using Cyber Scrutiny To Defend Against Phishing Attacks

Some of you may have even clicked the “Verify Now” link and entered your Apple ID account information. I hope not, though, because this email is not f...

Oct 23, 2014

By Palo Alto Networks

Customer Spotlight

Customer Spotlight: The Heinz Endowments Replaces Cisco With Palo Alto Netw...

Welcome to a new series highlighting some of the most important parts of the Palo Alto Networks ecosystem: our customers. Every month, we'll look at how various types of customers...

Jan 22, 2014

By Rae Harrison

Threat Prevention, Tip of the Week

Tip of the Week: Protecting Your Users Against Future Frights!

I don’t know about you, but last week, I got my fill of mini Snickers®, Kit Kats® and “fun-size” candy to last me another year. As all of us take dow...

Nov 05, 2013

By Dana Torgersen