Check Point’s Rupal Hollenbeck, President, and Dorit Dor, CTO, will be attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 next week from January 20-23. Rupal will speak at WEF Agenda sessions including “Democratizing Cybersecurity,” where she will discuss securing the…
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Why Security Providers Choose Check Point
For 20 years, Network Technology Partners (NTP) has been protecting their customers from cyber attackers with cutting-edge, real-time cyber security and information technology. NTP gets to know its customers, ranging from SMBs to Fortune 500 enterprises, specializing in advanced security…
FunkSec: The Rising Yet Controversial Ransomware Threat Actor Dominating December 2024
As 2024 ended, a new name surged to the top of the cyber threat charts: FunkSec. Emerging as a leading ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) actor, FunkSec made waves in December by publishing over 85 victim profiles on its Data Leak Site (DLS).…
5 Reasons You Won’t Want to Miss CPX 2025
As CPX 2025 approaches, the excitement is undeniable—and so is the opportunity. If you’re a security leader, cyber enthusiast, or someone who wants to stay current on the very latest in cyber threat prevention, CPX is the event you should…
5 Key Cyber Security Trends for 2025
As the digital world continues to evolve, threats to organizations are becoming more sophisticated, pervasive, and disruptive. Our annual 2025 State of Cyber Security Report is intended to provide cyber security leaders with critical insights into the evolving threat landscape…
3 CloudGuard Differentiators for Container Security
Kubernetes has become an enterprise’s go-to platform for orchestrating and managing container workloads for cloud-native software. As more organizations adopt it and cloud-native software scales and becomes more complex, the need for container security is high. Kubernetes and container workloads…
Meet FunkSec: A New, Surprising Ransomware Group, Powered by AI
Executive Summary: The FunkSec ransomware group emerged in late 2024 and published over 85 victims in December, surpassing every other ransomware group that month FunkSec operators appear to use AI-assisted malware development, which can enable even inexperienced actors to quickly…
Cracking the Code: How Banshee Stealer Targets macOS Users
Executive Summary: Since September, Check Point Research (CPR) has been monitoring a new version of the Banshee macOS Stealer, a malware that steals browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. Undetected for over two months, Banshee’s latest version introduced…
Fast Pace Health: Zero Phishing Incidents Since Harmony Email & Collaboration Implementation
Healthcare entities have a 51% probability of falling victim to phishing attacks. Successful incidents not only lead to control over systems, but can also expose patient health information, financial and insurance data. Healthcare providers are seeing an 81% uptick in…
Brand Impersonation Scam Hijacks Travel Agency Accounts
Recently, within the span of a week, a new and extensive phishing campaign compromised more than 7,300 businesses and 40,000 individuals around the world. The most heavily impacted regions are the United States (75%) and the European Union (10%). The…