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Are we Smart Enough for Smart Cities?

Mark Ko24th August 202324th August 2023

By Muhammad Yahya Patel, Lead Security Engineer at Check Point Software Technologies Smart cities are becoming a reality rather than a concept and integrating technology into everyday infrastructure has become...

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Monoculture: Could this risk affect your organisation in a major way?

Mark Ko7th August 20238th August 2023

By: Marco Eggerling, Field CISO, EMEA, Check Point Software Technologies As an information security professional, you’ve likely heard the term ‘monoculture’ in relation to agriculture. In that context, a single...

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Is your security team concerned with unmanaged devices?

Mark Ko13th March 20231st April 2023

By Antoine Korulski and Adi Goldshtein Harel, Check Point Software Technologies Enterprises, like citadels, fortify their networks and data with sturdy walls (firewalls), vigilant guards (agents on endpoints), and advanced...

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Comments: Hacker claims to have hacked 25 Teslas in 13 countries

Mark Ko27th January 202222nd January 2022

Comments by: Lotem Finkelstein, Head of Threat Intelligence and Research for Check Point Software Technologies Reports that a young German hacker, David Colombo has been able to hack into a...

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Comments: Protect Yourself Against the Apache Log4j Vulnerability

Mark Ko20th December 202118th December 2021

Comments by: Lotem Finkelstein, Director, Threat Intelligence and Research for Check Point Software Technologies I cannot overstate the seriousness of this threat. On the face of it, this is aimed...

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What we’ve learned from the cybersecurity landscape in 2021

Mark Ko24th November 202121st November 2021

By: Gary Gardiner, Head of Security Engineering, APAC & Japan, Check Point Software Technologies Cyberattacks linked to pandemic-related developments worldwide continued to impact organisations in 2021. Cybercriminals doubled down on...

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Comments: Online trading platform Robinhood confirms hack, more than 7 million customer details compromised

Mark Ko16th November 202113th November 2021

Comments by: Gary Gardiner, Head of Security Engineering, APAC & Japan, Check Point Software Technologies Socially engineered attacks are becoming more mainstream. In these cyber attacks, hackers use human interactions...

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Comments: Singapore computer peripherals manufacturer Razer disclosed zero-day vulnerability

Mark Ko31st August 202129th August 2021

Comments by: Jonathan Knudsen, Senior Security Strategist, Synopsys Software Integrity Group Security and usability are frequently adversaries. For a good user experience, the Windows operating system runs installer programs when you...

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Comments: Multiple malware found on voice and text chat platform Discord

Mark Ko6th August 20211st August 2021

Comments by: Ashwin Ram, Cyber Security Evangelist, at Check Point Software Technologies Cyber criminals are always looking for new ways to acquire new victims. They will look to exploit platforms,...

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Can Singapore depend on Two Factor Authentication (2FA) to safeguard our privacy?

Mark Ko21st July 202117th July 2021

By: Gary Gardiner, Head of Security Engineering, APAC & Japan, Check Point Software Technologies Received a weird message from a strange number with a link on your phone? Or an...

Cybersecurity Tech News

Comments: Popular apps turning people into cartoon avatars: All fun and no risk?

Mark Ko8th July 20213rd July 2021

Comments by: Yaniv Balmas, Head of Cyber Research at Check Point Software Technologies Most users likely assume that the processing of Voila app is done locally on their phone. This...

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Guide for enterprises on how to prevent and deal with ransomware attacks

Mark Ko2nd July 202127th June 2021

To pay or not to pay? This is not the only question to ask Check Point Research (CPR) recently revealed that the average weekly number of ransomware attacks has increased...