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Corporate Blog February 1, 2023

The Rise of the Code Package Threat

Highlights: Check Point details two recent attacks detected and blocked by our Threat Prevention engines, aiming to distribute malware The malicious code packages, Python-drgn and Bloxflip, distributed by Threat actors leveraging package repositories as a…

Cloud February 13, 2019

Docker Security Hole Revealed: Mitigate CVE-2019-5736

by Marina Segal – Lead Product Manager, CloudGuard Dome9, Check Point and Amir Kaushansky – Product Manager, Cloud Security, Check Point How it was Discovered: On February 11th, a critical vulnerability in runC binary was released.…

Corporate Blog August 16, 2018

Who You Gonna Call? Stories From the Front Line of Cyber Defense

By Check Point’s Incident Response Team In our industry, we tell our stories with an eye toward the hackers. While the antagonists take up all the spotlight, the heroes that stop the attacks are…

Corporate Blog June 7, 2018

May’s Most Wanted Malware: Cryptomining Malware Digs into Nearly 40% of Organizations Globally

Check Point’s latest Global Threat Index reveals that the Coinhive cryptominer impacted 22% of organizations, increasing by nearly 50% in May 2018 Crypto-mining malware has shown no signs of slowing its dominance, as the…

Corporate Blog May 14, 2018

April’s Most Wanted Malware: Cryptomining Malware Targeting Unpatched Server Vulnerabilities

After analysing April’s threat data from a global network of sensors and millions of data points, Check Point researchers published the latest Global Threat Index today. Crypto-mining malware remains a growing threat to organizations all…

Corporate Blog February 1, 2018

How Can Your Business Score Touchdowns Without An Offensive Line?

What the Philadelphia Eagles Can Teach Us About Cyber-Security Imagine your founding CTO resigning … right before your company’s biggest annual conference. How do you adapt, maintain momentum, and bring home wins? The…

Corporate Blog January 5, 2018

LightsOut: Shining a Light On Malicious Flashlight Apps on Google Play

Check Point researchers have detected a new type of adware roaming Google Play, the official app store of Google. The suspicious scripts overrides the user’s decision to disable ads showing outside of a legitimate context,…

Corporate Blog November 13, 2017

October’s Most Wanted Malware: Cryptocurrency Mining Presents New Threat

Check Point’s latest Global Threat Index has revealed crypto miners were an increasingly prevalent form of malware during October as organizations were targeted with the CoinHive variant Crypto mining is emerging as a silent, yet…

Corporate Blog October 31, 2017

Account Hijacks Affect Everybody, Even ‘Top Dogs’

Being “cool and smart” was the name of the game when we were at school, and it seems nothing really changes as we get older. With the ‘cool factor’ among IT professionals translating into the…

Corporate Blog October 26, 2017

HomeHack: How Hackers Could Have Taken Control of LG’s IoT Home Appliances

The second season of award-winning TV thriller Mr. Robot premiered with a scene that sent shivers down the cybersecurity world’s spine. In uncomfortably realistic detail, hackers virtually broke into a smart home, turning the home-based…

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