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Corporate Blog August 20, 2018

VMworld 2018: Possible begins with agile and automated security

It’s August in Vegas and things are really starting to heat up, especially now that VMworld 2018 (#VMworld) is right around the corner! Taking place on August 26 – 30, VMWorld is shaping up to…

Corporate Blog June 20, 2018

Can You Hear The Digging? The Dangers of Mobile Mining

Mobile malware focused cyber-criminals are fast adapters, and tend to follow rising trends in order to reach a wider audience. Today’s current trend is cryptocurrencies. There are several ways in which cyber criminals are…

Harmony July 19, 2017

Introducing Check Point SandBlast Mobile for Microsoft Intune

If your enterprise is using Microsoft EMS and is looking to further secure mobile devices while ensuring employee’s privacy and productivity, you’d be happy to know that Check Point has teamed with Microsoft Intune to…

Research March 23, 2017

Google’s annual Android security report illustrates Check Point’s dominance in mobile threat defense research

Google published its annual security report yesterday for the Android ecosystem. The report includes many commendable efforts by Google to improve the security of users, and fight back against the raging surge of malware. One…

Research March 13, 2017

Hancitor Makes First Appearance in Top Five ‘Most Wanted’ Malware in Check Point’s February Global Threat Impact Index

Hancitor has surged into the top five of our ‘most wanted’ malware families worldwide for the first time, according to the new February Global Threat Impact Index from our Threat Intelligence Research Team. The downloader,…

Corporate Blog March 8, 2017

The Skinner adware rears its ugly head on Google Play

A new member of the ever growing adware-found-on-Google-Play-list has been found. Previous members include Viking Horde, DressCode and CallJam, among many others. The malware, dubbed “Skinner”, was embedded inside an app which provides game related…

Research February 21, 2017

2016 H2 Global and Regional Threat Intelligence Trends

Introduction New, sophisticated threats continue to emerge on a daily basis across multiple platforms: social media, mobile platforms, email, and web pages. At the same time, prominent malware and attack methods continue to evolve, bypassing…

Research January 24, 2017

Charger Malware Calls and Raises the Risk on Google Play

Several weeks ago, Check Point Mobile Threat Prevention detected and quarantined the Android device of an unsuspecting customer employee who downloaded and installed a 0day mobile ransomware from Google Play dubbed “Charger.” This incident demonstrates…

Research January 23, 2017

A Whale of a Tale: HummingBad Returns

Check Point researchers have found a new variant of the HummingBad malware hidden in more than 20 apps on Google Play. The infected apps in this campaign were downloaded several million times by unsuspecting…

Research October 14, 2016

Join Check Point at SecTor to learn how to go beyond traditional security with advanced threat prevention

Next week, Check Point will be at SecTor, Canada’s premier IT security education conference. The conference brings the world’s brightest (and darkest) minds together to identify, discuss, dissect and debate the latest digital threats facing…

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