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Threat Research April 13, 2017

The Unbearable Lightness of Operating Web-Based Attacks: How easy it is to steal money from IE 8.0-11.0 users

Looking back at the past year, there is no doubt that the malware-as-a-service industry, which sells and trades malware samples, attack tools, and a variety of services, is thriving. It means that cyber criminals with…

Security Insights September 27, 2016

Signature-based security solutions can leave networks defenseless for months

Can you afford five months without protection for your network? In a recent blog post, Avanan wrote that after five months of using a malware sample in their demos to show how malware can bypass…

Threat Research August 16, 2016

CerberRing: An In-Depth Exposé on Cerber Ransomware-as-a-Service

Check Point researchers have uncovered the sophisticated infrastructure of Cerber, a Ransomware-as-a-Service, including the business model and money trail. For the full CerberRing Report click here. The ransomware epidemic continues to rage on, encrypting files of…

Threat Research July 26, 2016

Ransomware: what you need to know

In recent years, there has been a surge of ransomware attacks. It’s been reported all over security blogs, tech websites and in the news. Unfortunately, these attacks show no signs of slowing. If anything, they…

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The Unbearable Lightness of Operating Web-Based Attacks: How easy it is to steal money from IE 8.0-11.0 users

Signature-based security solutions can leave networks defenseless for months

CerberRing: An In-Depth Exposé on Cerber Ransomware-as-a-Service

Ransomware: what you need to know