Check Point Research Publications
Check Point Reveals Global WannaCry Ransomware Infection Map at CPX Europe 2017
Check Point researchers have been investigating the ransomware campaign in detail since it was first reported. With a new Check Point WannaCry Ransomware Infection...
WannaCry – New Kill-Switch, New Sinkhole
Check Point Threat Intelligence and Research team has just registered a brand new kill-switch domain used by a fresh sample of the WannaCry Ransomware.
In...
WannaCry – Paid Time Off?
Let us open with a TL;DR – DO NOT pay the ransom demanded by the WannaCry ransomware!
Now, let us explain why:
As of this writing...
Global Outbreak of WannaCry
On May 12, 2017 the Check Point Incident Response Team started tracking a wide spread outbreak of the WannaCryp ransomware. We have reports that...
JAFF – A New Ransomware is in town, and it’s widely spread by the...
Necurs, one of the largest botnets, went offline during the holiday period of 2016 and through the beginning of 2017. However it returned only...
DiamondFox modular malware – a one-stop shop
Check Point researchers have conducted a thorough investigation of the DiamondFox malware-as-a-service in collaboration with Terbium Labs, a Dark Web Data Intelligence company. The...
Update – OSX/Dok Campaign
Our ongoing investigation of the OSX/DOK campaign has led us to detect several new variants of this malware.
These new variants have the same functionality...
OSX Malware is Catching Up, and it wants to Read Your HTTPS Traffic (updated)
People often assume that if you’re running OSX, you’re relatively safe from malware. But this is becoming less and less true, as evidenced by...
Check Point Discloses Vulnerability that Allowed Hackers to Take over Hundreds of Millions of...
One of the most concerning revelations arising from the recent WikiLeaks publication is the possibility that government organizations can compromise WhatsApp, Telegram and other...
2016 H2 Global and Regional Threat Intelligence Trends
Introduction
New, sophisticated threats continue to emerge on a daily basis across multiple platforms: social media, mobile platforms, email, and web pages. At the same...