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The Threat Intelligence Research That Mattered to You This Year

Unit 42 did some incredible work in 2015 discovering, analyzing and disclosing malware – some new and others making a reappearance. Take a look below at some of their top threat intelligence research from this past year:

Unit 42 analyzed XcodeGhost, which modifies Xcode and infects Apple iOS Apps, and its behavior. The team found that many popular iOS apps were infecte...

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Dec 30, 2015

By Anna Lough

Palo Alto Networks

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Healthcare, Predictions

2016 Predictions #7: Healthcare Technology Advances Will Open Up New Attack...

This is the seventh in our series of cybersecurity predictions for 2016. Stay tuned for more through the end of the year.

Dec 07, 2015

By Matt Mellen

Cybersecurity, Unit 42

Our Commitment to Sharing Threat Intelligence

Part of my role as the Director of Threat Intelligence for Palo Alto Networks is to share the intelligence we produce with others who can put it to use in defending their networks. We believe wholeheartedly tha...

Nov 23, 2015

By Ryan Olson

Ignite, Mobility, Predictions

2016 Prediction #2: The “What” Matters More than the “Who” in Mobile Securi...

This is the second in our series of cybersecurity predictions for 2016. Stay tuned for more through the end of the year.

Nov 18, 2015

By Brian Tokuyoshi

Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

YiSpecter: First iOS Malware That Attacks Non-jailbroken Apple iOS Devices ...

We recently identified a new Apple iOS malware and named it YiSpecter. YiSpecter is different from previously seen iOS malware in that it attacks both...

Oct 04, 2015

By Claud Xiao

Events, News of the Week

Palo Alto Networks News of the Week – September 26

Check out the top Palo Alto Networks news from this past week, rounded up right here.The updates from Unit 42 about XcodeGhost malware kept coming through this week. Interested in following along on this resear...

Sep 26, 2015

By Chad Berndtson

Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

More Details on the XcodeGhost Malware and Affected iOS Apps

A few days ago, we investigated a new malware called XcodeGhost that modifies Xcode, infects iOS apps and is seen in the App Store. We also found more...

Sep 21, 2015

By Claud Xiao

Events, News of the Week

Palo Alto Networks News of the Week – September 19

It was a busy week at Palo Alto Networks, which is why we’ve rounded up the week’s top news right here.

Sep 19, 2015

By Chad Berndtson

Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Update: XcodeGhost Attacker Can Phish Passwords and Open URLs through Infec...

On Thursday we posted the initial analysis report on XcodeGhost malware and then found it had infected 39 iOS apps, potentially impacting hundreds of...

Sep 18, 2015

By Claud Xiao

Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Malware XcodeGhost Infects 39 iOS Apps, Including WeChat, Affecting Hundred...

Yesterday we posted an analysis report on a novel malware XcodeGhost that modifies Xcode IDE to infect Apple iOS apps. In the report, we mentioned tha...

Sep 18, 2015

By Claud Xiao

Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Novel Malware XcodeGhost Modifies Xcode, Infects Apple iOS Apps and Hits Ap...

UPDATE: Since this report's original posting on September 17, three additional XCodeGhost updates have been published, available here, here and here.

Sep 17, 2015

By Claud Xiao

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