Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence division of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a global provider of cybersecurity solutions, has released its Brand Phishing Report for the third quarter of 2022. 

Apple has confirmed that the long-awaited new iPhone 14 will be unveiled to the public on September 7th at its global Apple Event. Kaspersky experts have already discovered numerous examples of phishing pages claiming to buy 14 iPhones but in reality attempting to empty victims’ bank accounts and steal their Apple ID accounts.

Kaspersky analysis has revealed that attacks related to data loss threats (phishing and scams/social engineering) increased significantly in Africa in Q2 2022 compared to the previous quarter. In the second quarter, the company’s security solutions detected 10,722,886 phishing attacks in Africa.

A recent Information Age article further claims that the time is right for passwordless authentication, as “passwordless authentication makes users’ lives easier” and removes the human factor from cybersecurity — where “people just can’t be trusted to set reliable passwords, to change them frequently, to make sure they are strong, and to keep them secure.”

ESET, a global cybersecurity provider, has announced a new suite of products for the Telecommunications and Internet Service Provider (Telco and ISP) industries, with the goal of providing comprehensive consumer protection.