Check Point Gaia Operating System VM escape and code execution (sk106060)(VENOM)

The remote host is running a version of Gaia OS which is affected by a vulnerability in the virtual floppy drive code which may allow an attacker to escape a virtualized environment and obtain code execution on the underlying host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if...

Check Point Gaia Operating Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (sk104443)(GHOST)

The remote host is running a version of Gaia OS which is affected by a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in glibc which could potentially allow an attacker execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if...

Check Point Gaia Operating System Threat Emulation Email Scan Bypass (sk96269)

The remote host is running a version of Gaia OS which is affected by an issue where email may bypass scanning by the Threat Emulation blade. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid105001; scriptversion"$Revision: 1.1 $"; scriptcvsdate"$Date: 2017/12/04 15:43:...

Check Point Gaia Operating System HTTP evasion protection failure (sk98814)

The remote host is running a version of Gaia OS which is affected by an issue where protections in the following components may fail under specific HTTP evasions : - IPS - Application Control - URL Filtering - Anti-Virus - Anti-Bot - Threat Emulation C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Check Point Gaia Operating System Multiple Vulnerabilities (sk106499)

The remote host is running a version of Gaia OS which is affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An out of bounds read denial of service vulnerability in OpenSSL CVE-2015-1789 - An information disclosure weakness in the RC4 algorithm as used in SSL/TLS CVE-2015-2808 C Tenable Network Security, In...

Check Point Gaia Operating Bash Code Injection (sk102673)(SHELLSHOCK)

The remote host is running a version of Gaia OS which is affected by issues related to the SHELLSHOCK set of vulnerabilities in bash. An error in the bash functionality that evaluates specially formatted environment variables passed to it from another environment, which may result in remote code...

Check Point Gaia Operating System Detection

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Check Point Gaia Operating System DoS (sk115596)

The remote host is running a version of Gaia Operating System that is affected by a potential denial of service vulnerability. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid104669; scriptversion"$Revision: 1.2 $"; scriptcvsdate"$Date: 2017/11/28 17:45:30 $";...

Fear the Reaper, or Reaper Madness?

Last week we looked at reports from China and Israel about a new "Internet of Things" malware strain called "Reaper" that researchers said infected more than a million organizations by targeting newfound security weaknesses in countless Internet routers, security cameras and digital video recorde...

Researchers hack vacuum cleaner; turn it into perfect spying device

By Waqas According to the findings of Check Point researchers, there is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Researchers hack vacuum cleaner; turn it into perfect spying device...

Check Point Firewall Detection (SSH Login)

SSH login-based detection of Check Point Firewall. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Check Point Firewall Detection (HTTP)

HTTP based detection of Check Point Firewall. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

‘IOTroop’ Botnet Could Dwarf Mirai in Size and Devastation, Says Researcher

A botnet, which is adding new bots every day, has already infected one million businesses during the past month and could easily eclipse the size and devastation caused by Mirai. The malware and botnet, dubbed IOTroop, was spotted in September by researchers at Check Point who warn that 60 percen...

Premium SMS Malware 'ExpensiveWall' Infects Millions of Android Devices

Google has ejected 50 apps from its Google Play store that were harboring mobile malware dubbed ExpensiveWall. The malware, which was downloaded between 1 million to 4.2 million times, sends fraudulent premium SMS messages for fake fee-based services without the knowledge or permission of users,...

Windows Search Bug Worth Watching, and Squashing

Between Conficker and WannaCry, there was a nearly a decade when network worms went dark. WannaCry changed that, riding into enterprises globally on the coattails of a leaked nation-state exploit. In the months since the May 12 ransomware attack, vendors, researchers and network admins have been ...

CopyCat Android Rooting Malware Infected 14 Million Devices

A newly uncovered malware strain has already infected more than 14 Million Android devices around the world, earning its operators approximately $1.5 Million in fake ad revenues in just two months. Dubbed CopyCat, the malware has capabilities to root infected devices, establish persistency, and...

Microsoft Says Fireball Malware Threat 'Overblown'

Check Point has ramped down its projections on the impact of the recently disclosed Fireball malware after Microsoft called its initial numbers into question. Details on Fireball were published June 1 by Check Point, which said the malware was the work of a Chinese digital marketing agency called...

Check Point ZoneAlarm Extreme Security vsdatant Kernel Driver Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Check Point ZoneAlarm Extreme Security. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists...

The media player can lead to millions of systems suffer from subtitles attack-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Experts pointed out that, as long as the attacker can make the target user in which a vulnerable media player to open a malicious subtitle file will be able to fully control the device. For automatically from the Internet to get the caption of the application, without any user interaction it can...

Beware! Subtitle Files Can Hack Your Computer While You're Enjoying Movies

Do you watch movies with subtitles? Just last night, I wanted to watch a French movie, so I searched for English subtitles and downloaded it to my computer. Though that film was excellent, this morning a new research from Checkpoint scared me. I was unaware that a little subtitle file could hand...