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2022-12-01 11:00:27 | Is there a way for healthcare providers to prevent cyber-attacks from spreading? (lien direct) | >By Antoine Korulski, Product Marketing Manager, Infinity architecture Highlights: The Healthcare sector was the most targeted industry for ransomware during the third quarter of 2022, with one in 42 organizations impacted by ransomware. 78% of CISOs have 16 or more tools in their cybersecurity vendor portfolio, they concluded that having too many security vendors results… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2022-12-01 10:53:56 | (Déjà vu) Check Point Research analyzes files on the Dark Web and finds millions of records available (lien direct) | >Highlights: Check Point Research (CPR) has analyzed the files that are for sale on the Dark Web, whose sellers claim are from WhatsApp users, revealing the leak includes 360 million phone numbers from 108 countries Full list went on sale for 4 days, and is now being distributed freely amongst Dark Web users Users are… | ★★★ | ||
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2022-12-01 10:53:56 | Check Point Research analyzes WhatsApp files on the Dark Web and finds millions of records available to buy (lien direct) | >Highlights: Check Point Research (CPR) has analyzed the files that are for sale on the Dark Web, revealing the leak includes 360 million phone numbers from 108 countries Full list went on sale for 4 days, and is now being distributed freely amongst Dark Web users Users are advised to be aware of links and… | ★★ | ||
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2022-11-23 11:00:38 | How Does Check Point\'s Cloud-Native Offering Enhance AWS Security? (lien direct) | >By Jon Harlow, Product Marketing Manager for Cloud Security In order to optimize security operations and meet stringent advanced threat prevention requirements, cloud network security solutions must evolve and add new functionality, to address the growing number of use cases across complex cloud deployments. With this in mind, Check Point is unifying its cloud network… | Threat | ||
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2022-11-18 11:00:56 | Beware this Cyber Monday: Shopping Securely Online as You Grab The Best Deals (lien direct) | >Phishing scams, fake domains and malware attacks increase during this time of year, according to Check Point Software. Webloyalty points out in a recent study that, Cyber Monday sales will grow this year by 11% and an average spend of about 155€ will be made, 5% more than in 2021. Cyber Monday emerged in 2005… | Malware | ||
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2022-11-17 13:26:13 | Check Point Research Warns Shoppers to Stay Alert this Black Friday as Hackers Launch Their Own Holiday Specials (lien direct) | >Highlights Check Point Research found a sharp increase in fake shopping related websites in the run up to Black Friday sales. 17% of all malicious files distributed by email in November were related to orders/deliveries and shipping. Since the start of this month, 4% of all new shopping related websites found to be malicious. Will… | |||
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2022-11-17 11:00:05 | Unified Security from Code to Cloud: Check Point at AWS re:Invent (lien direct) | >For ten years, the global cloud community has come together at AWS's flagship conference, AWS re:Invent, to meet, get inspired, and rethink what’s possible. AWS invites you to join them again this year, November 28th to December 2nd, in Las Vegas-and Check Point is proud to sponsor this year's event! The event is both in-person… | |||
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2022-11-08 11:00:39 | October\'s Most Wanted Malware: AgentTesla Knocks Formbook off Top Spot and New Text4Shell Vulnerability Disclosed (lien direct) | >Check Point Research reports a significant increase in Lokibot attacks in October, taking it to third place for the first time in five months. New vulnerability, Text4Shell, was disclosed for the first time, and AgentTesla took the top spot as the most prevalent malware Our latest Global Threat Index for October 2022 reports that keylogger… | Malware Vulnerability Threat | ||
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2022-11-02 11:00:19 | Cyber Threat to Electric Vehicle Charging Points Could Put the Brakes on Adoption (lien direct) | >Cybersecurity experts at Check Point Software Technologies warn that green travel initiatives may be held back as electric vehicle charging point cybersecurity is overlooked Governments around the world are pushing the move to greener technologies to combat climate change and reduce their reliance on hydrocarbons. Norway has built a network of 17,000 charging points, while… | Threat | ||
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2022-11-01 16:51:36 | OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2022-3602 (Remote Code Execution) and CVE-2022-3786 (Denial of Service) Check Point Research Update (lien direct) |  1:00 pm Tuesday, 1 November 2022, Eastern Time (ET) A tense week-long wait has come to an end, as the embargo has been lifted – we have two have new critical vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. These vulnerabilities can be tracked as CVE-2022-3602 (remote code execution) and CVE-2022-3786 (Denial of Service). These two vulnerabilities affect OpenSSL versions 3.0.0 –…
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2022-11-01 11:00:48 | Are you re-using passwords across web platforms? Think again! Stolen credentials databases are a flourishing underground market (lien direct) | >By Check Point Research, Antoine Korulski & Adi Goldshtein Harel When you think about your social media accounts – let's say your Facebook password – does it have anything in common with your LinkedIn or bank account password? Does it have the same password as your corporate account? If so, you are not alone! According… | |||
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2022-10-30 11:10:13 | OpenSSL Gives Heads Up to Critical Vulnerability Disclosure, Check Point Alerts Organizations to Prepare Now (lien direct) | 30/10/2022 Highlights: The OpenSSL project, the very basic element of the secured internet we all know, announced patching a critical severity security vulnerability While details are yet to be shared, organizations are called to remain alerted and prepare to patch and update systems this coming Tuesday, November 1st Because OpenSSL is so widely used, The…
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2022-10-26 09:56:17 | Check Point Research: Third quarter of 2022 reveals increase in cyberattacks and unexpected developments in global trends (lien direct) | >Highlights: Global attacks increased by 28%in the third quarter of 2022 compared to same period in 2021. The average weekly attacks per organization worldwide reached over 1,130 The most attacked industry in the third quarter of the year was the Education/Research sector, with an average of 2,148 attacks per organization every week, an increase of 18% compared to third quarter of 2021… | |||
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2022-10-24 11:00:56 | Online Shoppers Beware: Scammers Most Likely to Impersonate DHL (lien direct) | >Our latest Brand Phishing Report for Q3 2022 highlights the brands which were most frequently imitated by criminals in their attempts to steal individuals' personal information or payment credentials during July, August and September. While LinkedIn was the most imitated brand in both Q1 and Q2 2022, it's shipping company DHL that took the top… | |||
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2022-10-24 11:00:01 | Introducing Check Point Software\'s new Autonomous IoT Threat Prevention Solution “Quantum IoT Protect” (lien direct) | >Check Point Quantum IoT Protect provide automatic zero trust protection, innovative threat prevention, firmware scanning, and on-device runtime protection for enterprises. In 2022, the market for the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to grow 18% to 14.4 billion active connections. By 2025, as supply constraints ease and growth further accelerates, there will be approximately… | Threat | ||
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2022-10-20 17:52:05 | Ask your WAF vendor: “Do you block text4shell (CVE-2022-42889) zero-day attack?” (lien direct) |  Open-appsec/Check Point CloudGuard AppSec machine-learning based WAF provides preemptive protection (no software update needed) against the latest “Apache Commons Text” vulnerability (CVE-2022-42889) – a critical zero-day attack, with CVSS Score 9.8/10. CVE-2022-42889 affects Apache Commons Text versions 1.5 through 1.9. It has been patched as of Commons Text version 1.10. You are advised to patch…
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2022-10-20 09:58:54 | Check Point Research analyzes the newly emerged Black Basta Ransomware, alerts organizations to adopt prevention best practices (lien direct) | >Highlights: Check Point Research (CPR) puts a special spotlight on how the Black Basta gang delivers malware to its victims and provides best practices to lower risks of being victimized CPR details evasions and anti-analysis techniques of this ransomware, which was found to prevent security protections from detecting this malware Check Point Research provides links… | Malware | ||
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2022-10-17 11:00:51 | Check Point named a Fast Mover in GigaOm\'s Radar for Secure Service Access (SSA) (lien direct) | >Check Point is proud to be named a Fast Mover in GigaOm's Radar for SSA, in recognition of the speed at which Harmony Connect SASE is expected to become a Leader in this space. Why Check Point was named a Fast Mover and Challenger As a Fast Mover, GigaOm expects us to quickly become a… | Guideline | ||
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2022-10-14 11:01:04 | CloudGuard AppSec extends its free trial and legacy WAF trade-in (lien direct) | >By, Diana Polansky, Cloud Security Product Marketing Manager While CloudGuard has previously offered a legacy WAF trade-in for users of traditional web application firewalls who want modern web application and API protection but are locked into a WAF contract, we've decided to extend our offer upon improving CloudGuard AppSec's WAAP capabilities - and finding out… | |||
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2022-10-14 11:00:37 | The FBI Publishes Statement – Unpatched and Outdated IoT Devices Increase Cyber Attack Opportunities (lien direct) | >What Happened? The FBI recently issued an industry notification around unpatched and outdated devices, warning the public that cyber criminals are increasingly targeting internet-connected devices for the purpose ofexploiting their vulnerabilities The FBI discovered multiple vulnerabilities, specifically in medical devices, through devices that run outdated software and devices lacking sufficient security features. According to FBI… | |||
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2022-10-13 08:54:31 | NSA, CISA& FBI Alert on Top CVEs Actively Exploited By People\'s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors – Check Point Customers Remain Fully Protected (lien direct) |  Background Recently, the joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) provided the top Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) used since 2020 by People's Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors as assessed by the National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In their alert NSA, CISA, and FBI urge…
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2022-10-12 11:00:38 | September 2022\'s Most Wanted Malware: Formbook on Top While Vidar \'Zooms\' Seven Places (lien direct) | >Check Point Research reports that the infostealer Vidar has entered the top ten most prevalent malwares list following a fake Zoom campaign. Cyberattacks in Eastern European countries have increased dramatically and Education/Research is the most impacted sector worldwide Our latest Global Threat Index for September 2022 reveals that while Formbook is still the most prevalent… | Threat | ||
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2022-10-11 11:01:45 | Check Point Software Welcomes LearnQuest to the ATC Partner Program (lien direct) | >The Check Point Mind team is excited to announce our new partnership with LearnQuest, a leading provider of IT and Business skills training for more than 25 years. Consistently recognized by TrainingIndustry.com as a top IT training company, LearnQuest maintains an extensive training catalog consisting of hundreds of IT topics, including Cloud, Application Development, Cyber… | Guideline | ||
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2022-10-11 11:00:27 | Three Key Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite (lien direct) | >By, Russell Tal This year, Microsoft's Ignite conference is different. With both in-person and virtual options, Microsoft promises a new kind of Ignite, with an emphasis on “Do more with less in the Microsoft Cloud.” Check Point's cloud security platform enables Azure customers to attain Microsoft's goal, securing all assets and workloads across multi-clouds, automating… | |||
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2022-10-10 11:00:16 | Protecting your assets in the cloud (lien direct) | >By Jon Harlow, published Oct, 2022 Securing your business domain needs to be as natural as locking the door and switching on the alarm when you leave. That used to be the basis of security, right? Nobody gets through a door and onto the premises because there's a solid barrier backed by an audible alert.… | |||
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2022-10-04 15:44:50 | What\'s the Story Around Cyber Attackers and IP Cameras? (lien direct) |  By Miri Ofir, R&D Director, Quantum IoT Protect, Check Point Internet-connected security cameras are everywhere these days – public spaces, organizations, and even private homes. The market is estimated at around $50B for 2021 and rapidly growing. Every day, hundreds of thousands of security cameras are installed and connected worldwide. These products are being developed…
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2022-10-04 06:14:44 | New Hacktivism Model Trends Worldwide (lien direct) | >Check Point Research outlines a new model of hacktivism now trending worldwide. Five characteristics mark today's form of hacktivism, according to researchers: political ideology, leadership hierarchy, formal recruiting, advanced tools and public relations. CPR gives the hacktivist group Killnet as an example of the latest model, detailing its attacks by country and attack timeline. CPR… | Guideline | ||
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2022-09-29 11:00:25 | Check Point MIND Announces new partnership with training vendor Monnappa K.A. (lien direct) | >Customers can now learn Malware Analysis and Threat Hunting using Memory Forensics from the author of the best selling book and the Black Hat Trainer Monnappa K.A MIND – Check Point Software's learning & Training organization announced a new partnership with training vendor Monnappa K.A, providing customer and partners the ability to advance their skills… | Malware Threat | ||
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2022-09-28 15:10:06 | Hacker Groups take to Telegram, Signal and Darkweb to assist Protestors in Iran (lien direct) | >Check Point Research (CPR) sees multiple hacker groups using Telegram, Signal and the darkweb to aid anti-government protestors in Iran bypass regime restrictions. Key activities are data leaking and selling, including officials’ phone numbers and emails, and maps of sensitive locations. CPR sees the sharing of open VPN servers to bypass censorship and reports on… | |||
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2022-09-22 11:21:53 | CPR analyzes A 7-year mobile surveillance campaign targeting largest minority in China (lien direct) | >Highlights: Check Point Research (CPR) examines a long running mobile surveillance campaign, targeting the largest minority in China- the Uyghurs. The campaign is attributed to the Scarlet Mimic hacking group, which has used more than 20 different variations of its Android malware, disguised in multiple Uyghur related baits such as books, pictures, and even an… | |||
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2022-09-19 11:01:59 | Prevention-first MDR/MPR – Elevating Managed Detection and Response to the Next Level (lien direct) | >A common cyber security problem faced by many organizations Everywhere you look, the impact of menacing cyberattacks has become headline news. Check Point's Mid-Year Report recently revealed a 42 percent global increase in cyberattacks and ransomware is now the number one threat to businesses. With the increase in attacks, security teams are faced with the… | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2022-09-15 10:35:26 | The mobile malware landscape in 2022 – Of Spyware, Zero-Click attacks, Smishing and Store Security (lien direct) | >Cyberattacks are increasing in number all the time. Indeed, our 2022 Mid-Year Report revealed a 42% global year-on-year increase in attacks. And according to the World Economic Forum's 2022 Global Risk Report, 95% of cybersecurity issues are traced back to human error. This should be a red flag for all organizations, especially with the transition… | Malware | ||
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2022-09-14 11:00:42 | August\'s Top Malware: Emotet Knocked off Top Spot by FormBook while GuLoader and Joker Disrupt the Index (lien direct) | >Check Point Research reports that FormBook is the most prevalent malware, while the Android spyware Joker takes third place in the mobile index. Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution also returns to first place as the most exploited vulnerability. Our latest Global Threat Index for August 2022 reports that FormBook is now the most prevalent malware,… | Threat | ||
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2022-09-13 13:02:37 | Introducing Check Point Horizon – the prevention-first SOC management platform (lien direct) | >By Rafi Kretchmer, VP Product Marketing September 13, 2022 How many products are you using to try to stop critical attacks on your networks, endpoints, mobiles, cloud environments, IoT devices and emails? I'm going to guess there are a lot of platforms to manage and they're probably overwhelming your SOC teams with infinite alerts. On… | |||
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2022-09-08 10:01:07 | Weaponized cybercrime: What organizations can learn from the conflict in Ukraine (lien direct) | >On February 24th, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine with attacks on land, sea, air. What has been less visible but nonetheless a critical element of the conflict is the battle being waged in cyberspace. Just like the military conflict with its wider consequences in terms of disruption to trade and the… | |||
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2022-09-06 09:57:39 | In the mighty Savana: Check Point Research reveals a 2-year campaign targeting large financial institutions in French-Speaking African countries (lien direct) | >Highlights: Dubbed 'DangerousSavana- Check Point Research (CPR) uncovers a malicious campaign, targeting multiple major financial groups in French-speaking Africa, for the past two years Attackers used Spear-phishing as initial infection, sending malicious attachment emails to employees in Ivory Coast, Morocco, Cameroon, Senegal, and Togo The research provides overview of the infections chain and malicious infrastructure,… | ★★★★★ | ||
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2022-08-23 15:00:37 | SE2 Automates Cloud Security with Check Point CloudGuard Security Posture Management (lien direct) | >By Amit Sharon, Head of Global Customer Community & Market Research, Check Point SE2 is an insurance technology and services firm that helps clients quickly build and launch products that support digital transformation. Read how SE2 automated governance of hundreds of instances, groups, and users in an AWS environment. READ MORE > SE2 recognized the… | |||
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2022-08-18 11:01:37 | Share Your Check Point Certification Badges Using Blockchain Technology (lien direct) | >Check Point Certification earners can now share their Credly digital credentials to the Blockchain. Publishing your badge to Blockchain is another way for viewers to securely verify or validate your badge. Blockchain technology creates a permanent public digital record of issuance or transaction ledger of tangible and intangible assets. Blockchain enabled badges means that… | |||
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2022-08-17 11:00:11 | GCP, therefore IAM (lien direct) | >Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Permissions Handling By: Eyal Levy- CloudGuard, Research Team Introduction Managing access authorization for your cloud assets is a challenging task. Certainly, when dealing with multiple public/private resources, environments, services, providers, and users. The GCP IAM service, which Google provides to each cloud account, is an Identity and Access Management system for… | |||
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2022-08-12 09:55:20 | Vulnerabilities on Xiaomi\'s mobile payment mechanism which could allow forged transactions : A Check Point Research analysis (lien direct) | > Highlights: Check Point Research (CPR) analyzed the payment system built into Xiaomi smartphones powered by MediaTek chips CPR found vulnerabilities that could allow forging of payment and disabling the payment system directly, from an unprivileged Android application CPR collaborated with Xiaomi, which acknowledged the vulnerabilities and provided fixes for the vulnerabilities Background Mobile payments… | |||
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2022-08-10 11:00:30 | July 2022\'s Most Wanted Malware: Emotet Takes Summer Vacation but Definitely Not \'Out-of-Office\' (lien direct) | >Our latest Global Threat Index for July 2022 reveals that Emotet continues its reign as the most widely used malware, despite a 50% reduction in its global impact compared to the previous month. After a peak in Emotet’s global impact last month, Emotet is back to its global impact numbers and continues as the most… | Threat | ||
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2022-08-10 08:08:32 | From zero to hero in blockchain security – A CP workshop at DEF CON 30 (lien direct) |  DEF CON is one of the world’s largest and most notable cyber conventions, held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. DEF CON first took place in June 1993 and today, attendees include computer security professionals, journalists, lawyers, federal government employees, security researchers, students, and hackers with a general interest in software, computer architecture, hardware modification and more. The event consists of several tracks of speakers featuring sessions about…
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2022-08-09 10:20:55 | Check Point Research: Education sector experiencing more than double monthly attacks, compared to other industries (lien direct) | >Highlights: Education/Research sector worldwide experienced the highest volumes of attacks every month in 2022 and in 2021. In July 2022, the Education/Research sector shows more than double the number of weekly cyberattacks compared to the other industries' average. Latin America has seen the largest increase in weekly cyber-attacks in the month of July 2022 with… | |||
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2022-08-08 15:05:42 | Live Public Preview: Check Point supports Eventarc for Google Cloud (lien direct) | >By: Mark Brindley, Head of Cloud Security Alliance Last year, Google Cloud launched Eventarc, a unified platform to build event-driven applications in the cloud. This week, Google announced the public preview of third-party sources in Eventarc. Check Point is proud for its CloudGuard platform to be a member of the first cohort of ecosystem partners… | ★★★★ | ||
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2022-08-05 11:00:19 | What can we learn from Apple\'s new Lockdown mode about the mobile security landscape? (lien direct) | >By Noa Goldstein, Product Marketing Manager and Guy Lev, Harmony Mobile Product Lead Apple has recently announced a new feature, Lockdown Mode, which secures iOS users who might be personally targeted by sophisticated cyber threats. Lockdown Mode dramatically reduces mobile devices' attack surface to prevent cyber threats from reaching the user. This initiative validates what… | Guideline | ★★★ | |
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2022-08-04 11:00:12 | IDC Survey Shows 70% Experienced Attack: How Secure is your Hybrid Data Center? (lien direct) | >5-minute Data Center Security Assessment for data center, network, cloud, apps Cyber attacks are become more sophisticated and more frequent. Every enterprise data center is vulnerable. An IDC survey of nearly 500 enterprises showed that over 70% experienced at least one major security breach of their on-premises data centers with the majority experiencing two or… | |||
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2022-08-03 17:38:02 | Github “Supply Chain” Attack (lien direct) |  Just this morning, a significant software “supply chain” attack was discovered in Github, and while the attack was prevented from spreading further, the ramifications of “supply chain” attacks are clear and intimidating. This recent attack was executed in Github – the most popular code repository used by over 83 million developers across the globe. Their…
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2022-08-03 09:58:18 | Check Point Software\'s Mid-Year Security Report Reveals 42% Global Increase in Cyber Attacks with Ransomware the Number One Threat (lien direct) | >Cyber Attack Trends: 2022 Mid-Year Report takes a closer look at how cyberattacks have intensified and been elevated as state – level weapon with hactivism flourishing in the first half of this year with key predictions around attacks in the Metaverse and Supply Chain DOWNLOAD THE REPORT With the war in Ukraine dominating the headlines… | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2022-08-02 17:00:06 | Check Point announces its Azure Virtual WAN security solution (lien direct) | >By Hezi Bahry, Cloud Network Security Product Manager, published August 1, 2022 Azure Virtual WAN, a Microsoft Network-as-a-Service, is already generating significant interest because of its operational improvements and advanced feature sets. Organizations using Azure Virtual WAN's capabilities need to ensure that deployments are protected, which is where Check Point CloudGuard Network Security can enable… | |||
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2022-08-02 11:00:00 | Cybersecurity for banks – Securing bank IoT network & devices against attacks (lien direct) |  By Alon Bar, Product Marketing Manager It's no secret that leveraging Internet of Things (IoT) devices across bank facilities delivers productivity benefits. However, these same IoT devices can also possibly expose banks to new cyber threats. A “Big 4” US bank can easily have more than 1 million IoT devices on its network. Many of…
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