Palo Alto Networks — Volume 342, Issue 1

Palo Alto Networks

Volume 342, Issue 1 · 7 articles from 2 issues

In This Issue

Securing the Agentic Shift: Data Protection Across the AI Data Path (Palo Alto Networks, Tuesday, September 1st, 2026)

Palo Alto Networks maps the data protection gaps opened when AI agents move enterprise data via MCP and A2A. Read more

Spring Ring: An Inside Look at Voice Phishing Campaigns in Microsoft Teams (Palo Alto Networks, Monday, August 31st, 2026)

Unit 42 analyzes the Spring Ring campaign, which abuses Microsoft Teams voice phishing to deploy malware and reach domain controllers. Read more

Built for Resilience: How Cortex XDR Overcomes Modern SOC Architectural Limitations (Palo Alto Networks, Friday, September 4th, 2026)

Palo Alto Networks argues Cortex XDR's architecture fixes the storage cost, telemetry and timeline gaps that slow modern SOCs. Read more

Attackers Expose Ongoing AI Tool Use Targeting Organizations in Latin America (Palo Alto Networks, Thursday, September 3rd, 2026)

Unit 42 details how attackers targeting Latin American organizations use AI for data exfiltration and leak their own operations through OpSec errors. Read more

An AI-Assisted Cyber Attack: Inside a Unit 42 Investigation (Palo Alto Networks, Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026)

Unit 42 reconstructs an intrusion where autonomous AI agents let an attacker breach an enterprise network within hours. Read more

The State of AI-Enabled Malware August 2026: From Brand Abuse to Agentic Execution (Palo Alto Networks, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026)

Unit 42 surveys AI-enabled malware and argues existing behavioral detection stops AI-authored code before execution. Read more

Perturbation Probing: A New Diagnostic for the Fragility of LLM Safety (Palo Alto Networks, Friday, August 28th, 2026)

Unit 42 research finds LLM safety refusal behavior lives in a thin neural layer, arguing for external security controls. Read more