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Today’s Cyberthreats: Ransomware, BEC Continue to Disrupt

When we created the 2022 Unit 42 Incident Response Report, our goal was simple: to gather insights from our incident response cases and our security consultants’ experience so organizations can benefit from them.

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Jul 26, 2022

By Dan O'Day

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Russia-Ukraine Cyber Activity Makes Security Best Practices Imperative

The White House and U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have recently warned that Russia could...

Mar 29, 2022

By Unit 42

Must-Read Articles, Points of View

Ransomware as a Service: Defend by Reinvesting in the Fundamentals

Ransomware as a service (RaaS) is a business model designed for criminals, by criminals that lowers the technical barrier for entry into cybercrime. I...

Oct 12, 2021

By Jeff White

Must-Read Articles, Points of View

Ransomware as a Service: Criminal “Entrepreneurs” Evolve Ransomware

Ransomware, ransomware, ransomware. Like Jan Brady complaining about her sister with the famous line, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” sometimes I feel like...

Oct 07, 2021

By Jeff White

Company & Culture, Points of View

Cybersecurity Tips From Unit 42 for the 2021 Back to School Season

As we gear up for a return to school, aligned with the latest COVID-19 guidance to keep students, their parents and teachers healthy, it’s also critic...

Aug 02, 2021

By Jen Miller-Osborn

Company & Culture, Points of View

Cybersecurity Tips From Unit 42 to Help Stop Ransomware Attacks

Just five years ago, cybersecurity experts were warning that the threat from cyber extortion was poised to grow as criminals increasingly looked to pr...

Jul 26, 2021

By Jen Miller-Osborn

DevSecOps, Points of View

The Cloud Shift Is Now: Boost Your Enterprise Security Portfolio

In the aftermath of the pandemic, companies are determined to enhance operational efficiencies and rapidly move to the cloud. Whether for new initiatives or to replace existing sys...

Feb 19, 2021

By Bisham Kishnani and Unmesh Deshmukh

Company & Culture

Cybersecurity Tips From Unit 42 for the 2020 Holiday Shopping Season

2020 has been a year like no other, with the COVID-19 pandemic changing our everyday lives – particularly the way we celebrate the holidays. As a Unit 42 threat researcher, my mind...

Nov 30, 2020

By Jen Miller-Osborn

Company & Culture

Cybersecurity Tips From Unit 42 for the Household CIO of 2020

October is upon us yet again. For many, this means fall festivities and pumpkin spice, but in the cybersecurity industry we look forward to a month of driving cybersecurity awarene...

Oct 12, 2020

By Jen Miller-Osborn

Secure the Enterprise

COVID-19: The Cybercrime Gold Rush of 2020

If you told me at the start of 2020 that for the first time in the history of cybersecurity, we’d see every industry and every type of device across the globe targeted by attacks based around a single theme, I...

Jul 21, 2020

By Ryan Olson

Product Features

Grading Your Vendor: Best Practices for Security With Your SD-WAN Deploymen...

Many SD-WAN vendors in the marketplace today offer the promise of “simple” or “easy” SD-WAN deployment — all packaged with a rich set of features that enterprises can’t live withou...

Apr 15, 2020

By CloudGenix

Product Features

Networking Field Day

Want to learn more about our unique approach to helping enterprises with digital transformation with cloud-delivered branch infrastructure?

Feb 06, 2020

By CloudGenix

Secure the Cloud

Default: Aggressive – Navy SEAL Principles for Cloud Security

It’s time for organizations to face the challenges of cloud security with the mindset of a U.S. Navy SEAL special operations force. The majority of cloud breaches are the result of...

Sep 27, 2019

By Matthew Chiodi

Product Features

Secure SD-WAN: Best Practices from Palo Alto Networks and CloudGenix

By now, most organizations have extended their IT infrastructure to the cloud. And many are using multiple clouds. ESG, in a recent webinar presented by CloudGenix and Palo Alto Ne...

Sep 26, 2019

By CloudGenix

Secure the Cloud, Secure the Enterprise, Secure the Future

Launching our New Beacon Portal

We’re excited to launch Beacon – our new digital platform that provides you with a fun, simple way to learn more about using Palo Alto Networks technology, products and services!

Aug 26, 2019

By Bia Almeida

Technical Documentation

Tech Docs: Best Practices Served All Day

Content updates equip the firewall with the very latest App-IDs and threat signatures. While new App-IDs and threat signatures are delivered in a single package, you don’t have to enable them at the same time....

Feb 06, 2019

By Claire Nolan

Technical Documentation

Tech Docs: Best Practice Security Policy Concepts and Methods for Your Data...

A data center houses an enterprise’s most critical data, such as source code, financial and personal information, or designs for pharmaceutical drugs – the enterprise’s digital cro...

Jun 29, 2017

By Steve Levine

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