Education sector experiences highest volume of attacks every month

Check Point Research (CPR) recently released its Cyber Attack Trends: 2022 Mid-Year Report, which stated that, similar to the top industry ranking in 2021, the first half of 2022 shows significant increases in attacks across all sectors.
Education and research remains the most targeted industry, with an average of 2,297 attacks against organizations per week in the first half of 2022, a 44 percent increase over the first half of 2021.

Check Point awarded a Common Criteria certificate

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a global provider of cyber security solutions has completed a new Common Criteria (CC) certification.

Revenge RAT does most damage in UAE

Researchers have reported that Revenge RAT, a Trojan that targets the Windows platform, was the most prevalent malware in March 2022 while Emotet was in second place by impacting five percent.

Why are cybercriminals increasing their focus on mobile devices?

A survey carried out in the last year revealed that almost half (49%) of organizations worldwide are unable to detect an attack or breach on employee-owned devices.

Women in Tech: 9 Questions with Maya Horowitz

On International Women’s Day this year, we spoke with Maya Horowitz, VP Research at Check Point Software, about her career path, journey as a woman in the IT industry, and much more.