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A Check Point report reveals 37% of global businesses suffered cryptomining attacks in 2018, highlighting a surge in stealthy cybercrime techniques.

Organisations continue to be targeted by cryptominers, despite an overall drop in value across all cryptocurrencies in 2018.

While still maintaining a significant lead, Cisco finished 2018 with a slightly smaller piece of the pie in the enterprise IT infrastructure market.

Check Point launches CloudGuard SaaS, offering comprehensive protection against advanced threats to SaaS applications and cloud-based email services.

Check Point's latest Global Threat Index reveals that Trojan malware families enter Top 10 Most Wanted Ranking; Cryptomining remains top of the list.

Check Point researchers discovered a previously legitimate video software download site has moved into cryptomining, earning around US$700 a day.

Cryptomining malware is shifting its focus from browsers to endpoints, with XMRig rising in popularity among cybercriminals.

Security vendor Check Point believes that the age of Gen V cyber threats is now upon us, but organisations' security defences are 10 years behind.

One of the world's largest spam botnets is back in action and this time it is spreading a Trojan downloader that can deliver nasty malware surprises.

The GandCrab ransomware has been making headlines recently for being one of the few malware strains that developers update in real time.

Nearly five million Android devices may have pre-installed 'RottenSys' adware, researchers reveal, implicating distributors in the alarming spread.

Check Point has released a 'cryptomining 101' document that details how cybercriminals hack into devices to steal their CPU power for illicit mining.

This persistent threat not only continues to chip away at enterprise CPU power, but once inside a network can carry out other malicious acts.

23% of organisations around the world were affected by Check Point's 'most wanted' malware in January, a 'lucrative' revenue stream for criminals.

​Canalys has released its latest predictions surrounding the global IT security market's performance over the third quarter in 2017.

Check Point researchers recently worked with LG to plug vulnerabilities in a number of home appliances, including robot vacuum cleaners & dishwashers.

The vulnerabilities in the SmartThinQ mobile app and cloud application enabled hackers to gain control of home appliances and spy on users.

Locky ransomware rises by 11.5% in September, becoming one of 'September's Most Wanted' malware, driven by the Necurs botnet.

Android users in the UK have been warned about a strain of malware, called ExpensiveWall, that can lead to fraudulent charges on their accounts.

Maya Horowitz, Threat Intelligence Group Manager at Check Point explores the major trends in global malware attacks during the first half of 2017.