Check Point: Hackers Dropping Physical USB Drives at Watering Holes

Check Point’s Global CISO discusses the firm’s 2023 threat intelligence, including new AI malice and threat actors spreading malware by dropping flash drives. Continue reading Check Point: Hackers Dropping Physical USB Drives at Watering Holes

Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life

One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business working these days. Like attaching a phishing email to a traditional, clean email message, or leveraging link redirects on LinkedIn, or abusing an encoding method that makes it easy to disguise booby-trapped Microsoft Windows files as relatively harmless documents. Continue reading Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life

Phishing Campaign Targeting Office 365, Exploits Brand Names

Attackers use trusted entities to trick victims into giving up their corporate log-in details as well as to bypass security protections. Continue reading Phishing Campaign Targeting Office 365, Exploits Brand Names

Tekya Malware Threatens Millions of Android Users via Google Play

The ad-fraud malware lurks in dozens of childrens’ and utilities apps. Continue reading Tekya Malware Threatens Millions of Android Users via Google Play

Ransomware, Mobile Malware Attacks to Surge in 2020

Targeted ransomware, mobile malware and other attacks will surge, while companies will adopt AI, better cloud security and cyber insurance to help defend and protect against them. Continue reading Ransomware, Mobile Malware Attacks to Surge in 2020

Check Point Adds Big Data Analytics Platform for Cybersecurity

Check Point Software Technologies this week launched a big data analytics platform providing analytics to give cybersecurity professionals visibility into every application and system they have deployed on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud. Z… Continue reading Check Point Adds Big Data Analytics Platform for Cybersecurity