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Threat Research

Unit 42 Sees Surge in Attacks by Nigerian Cybercriminals

Unit 42 has closely followed Silver Terrier since the threat research group was set up in 2014, analyzing some 1.1 million attacks to document how Nigerian cybercriminals have grown in sophistication and effectiveness over the past four years.

May 09, 2019

By Christopher Budd

Threat Brief, Unit 42

Threat Brief: Information on Critical Apache Struts Vulnerability CVE-2018-...

Unit 42 Threat Brief with info & protections on Critical Apache Struts Vulnerability CVE-2018-11776.

Aug 24, 2018

By Christopher Budd

Unit 42

Four Unit 42 Vulnerability Researchers Make MSRC Top 100 for 2018

Palo Alto Networks is proud to announce that four Unit 42 researchers were named to the Microsoft Security Response Center "Top 100 Security Researchers List" for 2018.

Aug 16, 2018

By Christopher Budd

Threat Brief, Unit 42

Threat Brief: Cyber Attackers Using Your Home Router To Bring Down Websites

Unit 42 discovers attackers taking control of home routers to attack websites. Learn more about this type of attack and what you should do to prevent it.

Aug 14, 2018

By Christopher Budd

Threat Brief, Unit 42

Threat Brief: Why You Need to Be Careful of Links in Email

Unit 42 investigates how attackers were creating fake versions of some well-known and well-trusted websites, and how they were used in phishing emails to unsuspecting victims. Read the Threat Brief to learn more.

Jul 12, 2018

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Cybersecurity, Points of View

Understanding: Affected but Not Vulnerable

Investigating vulnerabilities is not just understanding if a piece of vulnerable code is present on the system, but determining if it actually exposes an exploitable, attackable vulnerability. Understand what it means to be affected but not vulnerable.

Jan 06, 2018

By Christopher Budd