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Did you miss any of this week's Palo Alto Networks action? Don't worry -- we've rounded up our top news and views right here:

* The Palo Alto Networks 2018 Cybersecurity Predictions and Recommendations series continued with topics on threat landscape, retail, as well as what can be expected in the coming year for Asia Pacific:
  * [2018 Predictions \& Recommendations: The Era of Software Supply-Chain Attacks Has Begun](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/12/2018-predictions-recommendations-era-software-supply-chain-attacks-begun/)
  * [2018 Predictions \& Recommendations: What Retailers Should be Thinking About and Planning for](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/12/2018-predictions-recommendations-retailers-thinking-planning/)
  * ++[2018 Predictions and Recommendations: Data is the New Oil and Integrity is the Key](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/12/2018-predictions-recommendations-data-new-oil-integrity-key/)++
* We commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study to examine the ROI of deploying Traps. Learn how [Traps reduces Opex and breach prevention costs](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/12/forrester-evaluated-how-traps-reduces-opex-and-breach-prevention-costs/).
* Unit 42 shared new research:
  * [Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Vulnerability Research December 2017 Disclosures](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/12/unit42-palo-alto-networks-unit-42-vulnerability-research-december-2017-disclosures-microsoft/)
  * [Abusing the Service Control Manager to Establish Persistence for Non-Service Applications](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/12/unit42-abusing-service-control-manager-establish-persistence-non-service-applications/)
* Palo Alto Networks was recommended in [NSS Labs first ever Breach Prevention Systems Test](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2017/12/palo-alto-networks-recommended-nss-labs-first-ever-breach-prevention-systems-test/).
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