URLocked Out: How Attackers Use The Web to Host and Deliver Ransomware
Today, ransomware continues to be the most damaging form of cybercrime. PANW Unit42 found that demands ranged anywhere from $3,000 - $50M.
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Ransomware as a Service: Defend by Reinvesting in the Fundamentals
Defense in depth and reinvesting in the fundamentals of cybersecurity are a powerful strategy for thwarting the ransomware-as-a-service model.
Ransomware as a Service: Criminal “Entrepreneurs” Evolve Ransomware
Entrepreneurial threat actors are providing “ransomware as a service” – platforms for budding cybercriminals looking to make it in the “industry.”...
3 Reasons Cyberattacks Target Financial Services and How to Fight Back
Financial services organizations are a top target for cybercriminals. Learn the most prevalent attack types and how to defend against them.
Threat Brief: Hancitor Actors
Read this Threat Brief to learn how Hancitor threat actors use fundamental business tactics to deliver attacks
The Cybersecurity Canon: DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia
Palo Alto Networks Greg Day’s reviews “DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia” for the Cybersecurity Canon.
Preventing Cybercrime Through Collaboration and Information Sharing
Preventing cybercrime through collaboration and information sharing: Palo Alto Networks becomes the first cybersecurity company to sign a Data Exchange Agreement (DEA) with INTERPO...
Exploring the Cybercrime Underground: Part 4 - Darknet Markets
Unit 42's exploration into the cybercrime underground continues with a look into darknet marketplaces.
That Nigerian Prince Has Evolved His Game
Today Unit 42 published its latest paper focused on Nigerian cybercrime. Applying advanced analytics to a dataset of 8,400 malware samples resulted in the attribution of over 500 domains supporting malware acti...
Exploring the Cybercrime Underground: Part 1 – An Introduction
This post is the first in a series by Unit 42 covering the cybercrime underground. Cybercrime persists as an epidemic that continues to worsen every year, with associated impacts a...
A View Into the Cyber3 Conference – Crafting Security in a Less Secure Worl...
Palo Alto Networks was a Gold sponsor of the official side program of the “Cyber3 Conference Okinawa 2015—Crafting Security in a Less Secure World”, a...
The Cybersecurity Canon: Cybercrime and Espionage: An Analysis of Subversiv...
We modeled the Cybersecurity Canon after the Baseball or Rock & Roll Hall-of-Fame, except for cybersecurity books. We have more than 25 books on t...
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