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Read more: Monoculture: Could this risk affect your organisation in a major way?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 type of crop, – take sweet corn for example – has a monopoly on a field. A sudden crop killer…
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Read more: Is your security team concerned with unmanaged devices?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 defence systems (cloud and IoT security). However, there is one vulnerability that has remained untouchable – the enemy infiltrators disguised…
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Read more: Comments: Hacker claims to have hacked 25 Teslas in 13 countriesComments 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 number of Tesla cars is sending shockwaves through the automotive industry and taps into our worst fears like our vehicle…
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Read more: Comments: Protect Yourself Against the Apache Log4j Vulnerability
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 at crypto miners but we believe this creates just the sort of background noise that serious threat actors will try…
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Read more: What we’ve learned from the cybersecurity landscape in 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 their attacks, taking advantage of countries experiencing new COVID-19 strain waves or entering various stages of reopening their borders, with…
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Read more: Comments: Online trading platform Robinhood confirms hack, more than 7 million customer details compromisedComments 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 to carry out their malicious activities, psychologically manipulating people into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information. The information…
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Read more: Comments: Singapore computer peripherals manufacturer Razer disclosed zero-day vulnerability
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 plug in a new piece of hardware, like a keyboard or a mouse. In this instance, the problem was that the…
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Read more: Comments: Multiple malware found on voice and text chat platform DiscordComments 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, operating systems, applications, infrastructure etc. to execute their scams and malicious activities. Discord is just one of many messaging platforms…
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Read more: Can Singapore depend on Two Factor Authentication (2FA) to safeguard our privacy?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 email claiming to be a Nigerian prince offering you millions of dollars if you help him with something? These are…
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Read more: Comments: Popular apps turning people into cartoon avatars: All fun and no risk?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 is not the case. A non-obvious fact here is that the company sends face pictures to its servers for processing.…
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