Security News

Microsoft announces new Windows 'checkpoint' cumulative updates
2024-07-16 16:18

Microsoft will introduce checkpoint cumulative updates starting in late 2024 for systems running devices running Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11, version 24H2 or later. This new type of update will deliver security fixes and new features via smaller, incremental differentials that include only changes added since the previous checkpoint cumulative update.

Check Point releases emergency fix for VPN zero-day exploited in attacks
2024-05-29 13:31

Check Point has released hotfixes for a VPN zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks to gain remote access to firewalls and attempt to breach corporate networks.Tracked as CVE-2024-24919, the high-severity information disclosure vulnerability enables attackers to read certain information on internet-exposed Check Point Security Gateways with remote Access VPN or Mobile Access Software Blades enabled.

Checkpoint Creates Encyclopedia of Malware Evasion Techniques
2020-03-02 19:36

Cybersecurity firm Checkpoint has created an encyclopedia of the various techniques used by malware to evade analysis. The encyclopedia covers evasion techniques related to the file system, registry, generic OS queries, global OS objects, user interface artifacts, OS features, processes, network, CPU, firmware tables, hooks, hardware, and macOS-specific sandboxes.

Police demands Waze stop pinpointing their checkpoints
2019-02-08 10:44

Waze users are helping intoxicated drivers to evade checkpoints and could thus be "engaging in criminal conduct," say police.

Checkpoint Systems and Impinj team to create ARC-qualified RFID inlay
2018-07-10 19:04

Checkpoint and Impinj announced that Checkpoint has created the Auburn University ARC-qualified inlay incorporating the Impinj Monza R6-A chip using its own Vortex RFID label. The ARC Program...