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FTC Shines a Needed Spotlight on Ransomware Prevention

FTC Shines a Needed Spotlight on Ransomware Prevention

This month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held its latest Fall Technology Series workshop on the increasingly prevalent threat of ransomware. The workshop was kicked off by FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, who provided insight into the organization’s increasing actions to enforce data security and consumer privacy, along with t...

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Sep 20, 2016
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Malware, Threat Advisory/Analysis, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Updated PClock Ransomware Still Comes Up Short

In recent years, ransomware families are often glamorized as being some of the most dangerous types of malware. They’ve certainly caused a wealth of damage to end users with some o...
Sep 29, 2015
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Malware, Unit 42

What’s Next in Malware After Kuluoz?

Regular readers of this blog have heard all about the infamous Kuluoz malware. This family was the latest evolution of the Asprox malware and at its peak in 2014 it accounted for 80% of all malware sessions we observed in WildFire. When the team published our Threat Lan...
Aug 10, 2015
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Palo Alto Networks News of the Week – February 7

Did everyone have a good first week of February? Check out all of the top Palo Alto Networks news from this past week.
Feb 07, 2015
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Cybersecurity, Malware, Threat Advisory/Analysis, Unit 42

Analysis: CryptoWall 3.0, Dyre and I2P

For a moment, put yourself in the shoes of a cyber criminal. You’ve collected an array of tools (malware), built up your infrastructure (command and control (C2) servers) and you have a process to make money off your hard work. You wake up...
Feb 01, 2015
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Malware, Threat Advisory/Analysis, Threat Prevention, Unit 42

Tracking New Ransomware CryptoWall 2.0

The latest development in the ransomware world is CryptoWall 2.0, a new version of this malware family that uses the Tor network for command and control.
Oct 22, 2014
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