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While cyberattacks on big companies dominate the news, attacks on small businesses are more common than you think. And despite the continued rapid adoption of cloud computing, security remains a key issue for startups. According to the Cloud Security Report 2020 by Check Point Software Technologies, 75 percent of cyber security professionals confirm they are very concerned about public cloud security. The report also found that among the biggest security threats facing public clouds, organisations ranked misconfiguration of the cloud platform (68 percent) highest, followed by unauthorised access (58 percent), insecure interfaces (52 percent), and hijacking of accounts (50 percent).
Often small businesses get tied up with the more pressing parts of the business such as sales and operations that they overlook security. While large enterprises can weather the storm that follows a cyberattack, the same can devastate a small business. It s imperative that startups develop a s
Safer Deposits: Beating the Cyber-threats Targeting Banks Gadi Naveh, Threat Prevention Evangelist, Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd
Gadi Naveh, Threat Prevention Evangelist, Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd, Gadi works closely with Check Point s Threat Intelligence and Research & Development teams to help customers understand the current threat env. More
When the prolific career criminal Willie Sutton was asked why he specifically targeted banks, he reportedly replied: “Because that’s where the money is.” So it’s no surprise that cyberattacks against banks have increased over the past two years. However, just like legitimate businesses, criminals must occasionally change their model when their methods and processes are not as effective, or profitable, as they once were. Over 2015 and into 2016, Check Point’s researchers found that criminals have been ramping up ransomware attacks, while scaling back on the use of banking Tro
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Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) needed to step on the gas in 2021 to put behind years of underperformance on the stock market, but the cybersecurity specialist s latest results indicate that it may take some time before that happens.
Though Check Point beat Wall Street s estimates for the fourth quarter of 2020, its guidance for the ongoing quarter and the full year was not up to the mark. Given that the company has been struggling to achieve eye-popping top-line growth as compared to its more illustrious peers in the competitive cybersecurity market, it wasn t surprising to see investors dump the stock after its quarterly report.
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ATHENS - With many workers in Greece during two COVID-19 lockdowns doing their jobs from home, there’s been a number of ransomware attacks against those who are duped while using their computers or don’t have security programs.
Ransomware is a form of malware in which infected computers are remotely locked by cyber-criminals until an extortion fee is paid, often in the form of cryptocurrency, the computers useless although the phenomenon has seen many people begin using backup programs such as Backblaze or Carbonite.
Experts at Northwind, an Athens-based data recovery company, told Kathimerini that they have had to deal with 11 cases of ransomware attacks in the last couple of weeks with home computers vulnerable, especially if not using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) such as Proton, Nord, Avira, Avast and others.