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Palo Alto Networks Adds MDR Service to Augment Security Teams

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Palo Alto Networks today added a managed detection and response (MDR) service to its portfolio that will be delivered via its Unit 42 research and cybersecurity services team. Wendi Whitmore, senior vice ...
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Authorities Arrest ‘Prominent’ Nigerian BEC Threat Actor

| | BEC attack, Business Email Compromise scams, Interpol, Nigerian Scams, Unit 42
No doubt remote work has tilled fertile ground for miscreants bent on executing business email compromise (BEC) scams, which is why it’s good news that authorities have one operator—from Nigeria—in custody. As ...
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Palo Alto Networks Sees Rise in Ransomware Payments

| | Malware, Palo Alto Networks, Ransomware, Unit 42
Palo Alto Networks this week disclosed that, in cases worked by its Unit 42 incident response team, the average ransomware payment rose to $925,162 during the first five months of 2022. That ...
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Record High Ransomware Payouts in 2021 as Extortion Evolves 

| | Conti, Palo Alto Networks, Privilege Escalation, Ransomware, rEvil, Unit 42
Flush with cash from successful ransomware campaigns, cybercriminals are investing in more sophisticated technology and using new tactics to drive up ransomware payments even further, with the Conti ransomware group responsible for ...
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Palo Alto Networks Surfaces AWS API Vulnerabilities

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The Unit 42 research arm of Palo Alto Networks has published a report detailing how 22 application programming interfaces (APIs) across 16 different Amazon Web Services (AWS) platforms can be abused by ...
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