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* Unit 42 shared new research:
  * [Rig EK One Year Later: From Ransomware to Coin Miners and Information Stealers](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/unit42-rig-ek-one-year-later-from-ransomware-to-coin-miners-and-information-stealers/)
  * [Threat Brief: A Declining Rig Exploit Kit Hops on the Coinmining Bandwagon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/threat-brief-declining-rig-exploit-kit-hops-coinmining-bandwagon/)
  * [Dissecting Hancitor's Latest 2018 Packer](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/unit42-dissecting-hancitors-latest-2018-packer/)
  * [Sofacy Attacks Multiple Government Entities](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/unit42-sofacy-attacks-multiple-government-entities/)
  * [Threat Brief: Sofacy Group Targeting European and North American Diplomats](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/threat-brief-sofacy-group-targeting-european-north-american-diplomats/)
  * [Monero Miners Continue to Plague Users via Russian BitTorrent Site](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/03/unit42-monero-miners-continue-plague-users-via-russian-bittorrent-site/)
* Palo Alto Networks Academy is [spearheads efforts to protect life in the digital age](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/palo-alto-networks-academy-protecting-life-digital-age-one-student-time/), one student at a time.
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* Chairman and CEO Mark McLaughlin discussed [our role in driving cybersecurity evolution](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/watch-mark-mclaughlin-driving-cybersecurity-evolution/) with CNBC's Squawk Alley.
* Prevent bad signals: [learn how service providers can stay safe from attacks on mobile network signaling protocols](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/sp-prevent-bad-signals-harming-network-availability/).
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* Customer Spotlight: [Find out how ACI Specialist Benefits enabled organizational growth with Palo Alto Networks.](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/03/customer-spotlight-aci-specialty-benefits-implements-next-generation-security/)
* Palo Alto Networks [Decryption Broker provides smarter, simpler decryption](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/03/gov-pan-os-8-1-ssl-decryption-broker-federal-government/) for federal government.
* In the market for a new NGFW? [We shared the first of 10 things you must test before purchasing a next-generation firewall](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/03/10-things-test-future-ngfw-prevent-credential-theft/).

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