A case study in industry collaboration: Poisoned RDP vulnerability disclosure and response

Earlier this year, I reached out to Check Point researcher Eyal Itkin, who had published multiple flaws in several Remote Desktop Protocol RDP clients, including a vulnerability in mstsc.exe, the built-in RDP client application in Windows. While there were no active exploits detected in the wild,...

Agent Smith Malware Infects 25M Android Phones to Push Rogue Ads

Researchers are warning of a new breed of Android malware, dubbed “Agent Smith,” that they claim has infected 25 million handsets in order to replace legitimate apps with doppelgangers that display rogue ads. The malware is tied to a China-based firm, according to Check Point researchers, and is...

The vulnerability of the Check Point IKEv2 IPsec VPN protection software allows a hacker to gain access to the internal network segment through the IKEv2 VPN tunnel.

The vulnerability of the Check Point IKEv2 IPsec VPN protection software is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to gain access to the internal network segment through the IKEv2 VPN tunnel...

Can lead to millions of player accounts to be hijacked: EA Games account hijacking vulnerability analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

One, overview In the past few weeks, Check Point Research and CyberInt common to confirm a series of vulnerabilities, and these vulnerabilities once an attacker might cause the world's second-largest game company EA Games to millions of players accounts being taken over. At the same time, these...

Account Takeover Vulnerability Found in Popular EA Games Origin Platform

A popular gaming platform used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide has been found vulnerable to multiple security flaws that could have allowed remote hackers to takeover players' accounts and steal sensitive data. The vulnerabilities in question reside in the "Origin" digital distributio...

Check Point Endpoint Security Client Command Execution Vulnerability

Check Point Endpoint Security Client is an endpoint security protection software from Check Point Israel. A security vulnerability exists in Check Point Endpoint Security Client versions prior to E81.00 with Anti-Malware blade installed for Windows-based platforms. An attacker with administrator...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Check Point Endpoint Security Clien

Check Point Endpoint Security Client is an endpoint security protection software from Check Point Israel. A security vulnerability exists in versions of Check Point Endpoint Security Client prior to E80.83 for Windows-based platforms. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause the user t...

CVE-2019-8458

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Malware blade installed, before version E81.00, tries to load a non-existent DLL during an update initiated by the UI. An attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this to gain code execution within a Check Point Software...

CVE-2019-8458

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Malware blade installed, before version E81.00, tries to load a non-existent DLL during an update initiated by the UI. An attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this to gain code execution within a Check Point Software...

CVE-2019-8459

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with the VPN blade, before version E80.83, starts a process without using quotes in the path. This can cause loading of a previously placed executable with a name similar to the parts of the path, instead of the intended one...

CVE-2019-8459

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with the VPN blade, before version E80.83, starts a process without using quotes in the path. This can cause loading of a previously placed executable with a name similar to the parts of the path, instead of the intended one...

Code injection

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Malware blade installed, before version E81.00, tries to load a non-existent DLL during an update initiated by the UI. An attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this to gain code execution within a Check Point Software...

Code injection

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with the VPN blade, before version E80.83, starts a process without using quotes in the path. This can cause loading of a previously placed executable with a name similar to the parts of the path, instead of the intended one...

DanaBot Adds Ransomware to its Arsenal

A new sample of the DanaBot trojan spotted in a recent campaign reveals that operators behind the malware have now included a ransomware component into its code, along with new string encryption and communications protocols. The update, wrote Check Point researchers on Thursday, represents a...

CVE-2019-8459

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with the VPN blade, before version E80.83, starts a process without using quotes in the path. This can cause loading of a previously placed executable with a name similar to the parts of the path, instead of the intended one...

CVE-2019-8459

CVE-2019-8459 affects Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows with the VPN blade, prior to version E80.83. The issue is a path handling flaw where a process is started without quotes around the executable path, allowing loading of a previously placed executable with a name similar to pat...

CVE-2019-8458

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows, with Anti-Malware blade installed, before version E81.00, tries to load a non-existent DLL during an update initiated by the UI. An attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this to gain code execution within a Check Point Software...

CVE-2019-8458

Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows (Anti-Malware blade) prior to version E81.00 is vulnerable. During a UI-initiated update, the client tries to load a non-existent DLL, which an administrator could exploit to gain code execution within the Check Point signed binary; under certain c...

Check Point Response to CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, CVE-2019-11479 - TCP SACK PANIC Linux Kernel vulnerabilities

Cause CVE-2019-11477: The Linux kernel is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the 16-bit width of TCPSKBCBskb- tcpgsosegs. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system and create a Denial Of Service. CVE-2019-11478: The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a flaw that allows attackers to se...

Streaming Video Fans Open to TV Hijacking

A suite of critical remote code-execution vulnerabilities in a streaming TV platform could expose entire databases of subscribers’ personal info and financial details – and could open the door to attackers hijacking the service, streaming any content they wish to customer screens. According to...