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New White Paper on Preventing Credential Phishing, Theft and Abuse

Today we’re releasing a new Unit 42 white paper titled “Credential-Based Attacks: Exposing the Ecosystem and Motives Behind Credential Phishing, Theft and Abuse.” In this paper, we look at the problem of credential theft by exploring how it happens, what attackers do with credentials once they’ve stolen them, and what you can do to help prevent credential-based attacks.

Threat Brief

Unit 42

Mar 21, 2017

By Christopher Budd

Palo Alto Networks

Products and Services

Partners

Cybersecurity, Firewall

5 Steps To Prevent Data Breaches Due to Insider and Privilege Misuse

My previous blog post showed that data breaches related to insider and privilege misuse are the hardest to discover and are costly to resolve. I also explained that prevention star...

Oct 03, 2016

By Navneet Singh

CSO Perspective

Ask the Right Questions: Advice to CEOs and CISOs Addressing the State of t...

As we’ve previously discussed, the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will be introduced in 2018, include among t...

Sep 26, 2016

By Greg Day

Cybersecurity, Firewall

This Is the Hardest Type of Data Breach to Discover. Luckily, It’s Preventa...

Not all data breaches are created equal. Some cost more, others less. Some are easy to detect, others difficult. As I was reading the Verizon 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report...

Sep 12, 2016

By Navneet Singh

Data Center, Security Platform

Securing Data In The Data Center: Reducing the Attack Surface and Preventin...

Attacks against corporate and government data centers continue to evolve at a substantial rate, and center on three major categories:

Jun 15, 2016

By Palo Alto Networks

Cloud Computing

Next-Generation Security with Palo Alto Networks VM-series and VMware NSX

There are a number of barriers to securing the private cloud, and one of those is the ability to deploy security services at the same pace as virtual machine deployments, without c...

Apr 21, 2016

By Palo Alto Networks

Cybersecurity

Here Are 5 Things Your Cybersecurity Team Must Do

Cybersecurity is a hot topic these days. Corporate breaches in the headlines have turned hackers into the new super villains. “Revenge of the Nerds” is alive and well, and hacking is their super power. It’s no...

Sep 03, 2015

By Karin Shopen

Cybersecurity, Security Platform

Slideshow: How Enterprises Can Break the Cyber Attack Lifecycle

The Cyber Attack Lifecycle is a sequence of events that an attacker must go through to successfully infiltrate a network and exfiltrate data from it. ...

Aug 12, 2015

By Chad Berndtson

Cybersecurity, Security Platform

Secure Server Configurations for Virtualized Environments

The evolution of data centers is affecting both centralized and distributed environments. As IT operations gain familiarity with server virtualization, security groups can evolve to best practices for secure se...

Jul 23, 2015

By Palo Alto Networks

Cloud Computing, Security Platform

Important Considerations for Cloud Security, Whether Public or Private

Security is one of the most critical considerations for cloud computing, regardless of whether the deployment is public or private. We recently teamed...

Jul 13, 2015

By Palo Alto Networks

Cybersecurity, Security Platform

Better Network Security for Distributed Enterprises

As recent breaches have shown, attackers are quick to take advantage of the vulnerabilities that distributed environments introduce. Security teams need to be fast in updating both the effectiveness and efficie...

Jun 26, 2015

By Palo Alto Networks

Events

Join Palo Alto Networks and SANS for 'Conquering Network Security Challenge...

Join Palo Alto Networks and the SANS Institute for "Conquering Network Security Challenges in Distributed Enterprises," a webinar that will examine how current security methods in...

Jun 14, 2015

By Palo Alto Networks

Cybersecurity, Security Platform

Mind the Gap: What's Hampering Your Cybersecurity Efforts?

This week we announced more than 70 new features as part of the official launch of PAN-OS 7.0. Follow the below infographic to understand where organi...

Jun 11, 2015

By Chad Berndtson

Threat Prevention

Using the Global Threat Community to Prevent Known and Unknown Threats

Organizations can't keep up with advanced attackers if their only option is to clean up after the fact.

May 06, 2015

By Palo Alto Networks

Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity

Let’s Design A Secure Cloud Together

Securing cloud environments has never been more challenging. Cyberattacks are on the rise and attackers are targeting critical datacenter assets using applications commonly found on your network. It is now an imperative that you control what’s on your network, while pre...

Apr 09, 2015

By Palo Alto Networks

Web Security

Moving Beyond Proxies: A Better Approach to Web Security

Once upon a time, proxies fulfilled a need traditional firewalls could not meet: visibility into web traffic starting with the categorization of HTTP, and later HTTPS, traffic. However, little to no emphasis wa...

Jan 19, 2015

By Palo Alto Networks

Reports, Unit 42

Don’t Miss A Single Threat Intelligence Update from Unit 42!

Unit 42 is the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team. Made up of accomplished cybersecurity researchers and industry experts, Unit 42 gathers, researches, analyzes, and provi...

Dec 29, 2014

By Chad Berndtson

Events, News of the Week, Unit 42

Palo Alto Networks News of the Week – July 25

Here’s a roundup of this week’s top Palo Alto Networks news.

Jul 25, 2014

By Chad Berndtson

Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Financial Services, Malware, Mobility, PCI compliance, Vertical

Financial Services: The Foundation of a Better Security

From mobile to cloud computing, financial services organizations rely more than ever on innovative technologies to remain competitive. This focus is m...

Jul 24, 2014

By Palo Alto Networks

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