We all know about the much publicised 2014 Yahoo hack that saw 500 million accounts compromised, wiping $350 million off the value of the company. In fact, it wasn’t a good year for anyone with a vested interested in keeping their social security number, address, email or first pet’s name out of the clutches of the dark side.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com), is the largest pure-play security vendor globally, provides industry-leading solutions, and protects customers from cyberattacks with an unmatched catch rate of malware and other types of attacks. Check Point offers a complete security architecture defending enterprises’ networks to mobile devices, in addition to the most comprehensive and intuitive security management.
By Warwick Ashford at ComputerWeekly.com
Business is struggling to keep up with rapid changes in techniques by cyber criminals as they switch to increasingly malicious campaigns, the latest threat report from security firm Proofpoint reveals.
Check Point have highlighted a previously unknown vulnerability in Android that affects hundreds of millions of devices from major manufacturers such as LG, Samsung, HTC and ZTE.
Their mobile research team has revealed details about “Certifi-gate” – a new threat that leaves millions of Android devices exposed to cyber criminals.
