The Inception attackers have been active since at least 2014 and have been documented previously by both Blue Coat and Symantec; historical attacks used custom malware for a variety of platforms, and targeting a range of industries, primarily in Russia, but also around the world. This blog describes attacks against …
Read More »CYBERFORCE Profile Series: Transforming Technical Conversations with a Best Practice Assessment
This is the first in a series of blogs featuring a Palo Alto Networks CYBERFORCE Engineer and the business challenges they tackle. CYBERFORCE recognizes the best-of-the-best from the NextWave Partner Community; proven partner engineers who put the customer first, are trusted for their security expertise, and focus on preventing successful …
Read More »SSL Decryption Series: The Security Impact of HTTPS Interception
Encrypted internet traffic is on an explosive upturn. According to the Google® Transparency Report: “Users load more than half of the pages they view over HTTPS and spend two-thirds of their time on HTTPS pages.”[1] At the same time, encrypted traffic carried nearly 3.5 million unique malware samples in 2017. …
Read More »Machine Learning: Your Unfair Advantage Against Attackers
In the never-ending arms race between threat actors and defenders, automation and machine learning have become your ultimate weapons. Today, threat actors employ automation in countless ways to speed up their attacks and evade detection. Outpacing attackers requires the effective use of automation and machine learning. Years ago, our research …
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