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industry
What stops attackers wrecking industrial plants is knowing how

Engineers at an Israeli food producer spent most of a week rebuilding a refrigeration system after an intruder switched the gas cooler and receiver valves to manual and pinned …

phishing
ChatGPT joins the most impersonated brands in phishing attacks

Microsoft continued to be the most impersonated brand in Q2 2026, accounting for 23% of all brand phishing attempts. LinkedIn, Google, Apple, and Amazon followed, with the …

Check Point
Attackers exploit critical Check Point flaw to take over firewall management (CVE-2026-16232)

Attackers are exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-16232) that affects Check Point Security Management and Multi-Domain Security Management, the …

ZoneAlarm Mobile Security
Product showcase: ZoneAlarm Mobile Security adds customizable content filtering to mobile security

ZoneAlarm Mobile Security is a security app from Check Point designed to protect mobile devices against phishing, malicious websites, unsafe networks, and fraudulent links. It …

AI
AI used to help plan the break-in, now it’s doing the break-in

Over the past twelve months, researchers documented intrusions in which AI ran exploitation workflows autonomously, generating thousands of commands across dozens of sessions …

cybercrime
Cybercriminals abused GitHub, YouTube and VirusTotal to push crypto-stealing malware

A cryptocurrency-stealing malware campaign used inflated GitHub activity, software reviews, YouTube tutorials and favorable VirusTotal comments to make malicious trading and …

travel scams
Planning a trip? Fake travel sites are multiplying this summer

Cyberattacks against hospitality, travel, and recreation organizations rose 24% year over year, reaching an average of 2,291 incidents per organization each week in May 2026, …

Check Point
Researchers release details, PoC for exploited Check Point VPN flaw (CVE-2026-50751)

WatchTowr researchers have disclosed a technical analysis and a “Detection Artefact Generator” for CVE-2026-50751, an authentication bypass flaw in Check …

Help Net Security
Check Point expands MSP platform with with AI governance and unified security bundles

Check Point has announced a major expansion of its Managed Service Provider (MSP) platform, designed to help MSPs secure AI adoption, streamline operations and simplify …

Check Point
Qilin ransomware affiliate exploited Check Point VPN zero-day (CVE-2026-50751)

A Qilin ransomware affiliate is believed to be exploiting CVE-2026-50751, an authentication bypass vulnerability in Check Point VPN Remote Access and Mobile Access, the …

cloud security
Companies built AI into core systems before figuring out how to govern it

70% of organizations use GenAI in live environments, and 64% have AI agents in pilot or production deployments. Some of those agents have privileged access to core systems, …

Vect
Buggy Vect ransomware is effectively a data wiper, researchers find

Due to a bug in the ransomware, affiliates of the Vect Ransomware-as-a-Service operation are irretrievably encrypting victims’ data. “Victims who pay the ransom …

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