Check Point

Volume 341, Issue 3 · 10 articles from 2 issues

In This Issue

• The State of Ransomware Q2 2026
• Reading the Signals in the OWASP LLM Top 10 2026
• 17th August - Threat Intelligence Report
• The Approved-App Blind Spot: When Sanctioned AI Becomes Shadow AI
• The Mistake That Exposed a Global Cyber Crime Operation
• State Sponsored Hackers Use Fake Job Offers to Deliver New Zero Day Exploit
• 10th August - Threat Intelligence Report
• July 2026 Cyber Threats Surge: Ransomware Attacks Double Year Over Year as GenAI Data Exposure Widens
• Thousands of Hacked WordPress Sites, One Operation: Unmasking StopAndProtect
• Shattering the Dream - When a Job Offer Becomes a Zero-Day Attack

The State of Ransomware Q2 2026 (Check Point, Thursday, August 13th, 2026)

Check Point's State of Ransomware Q2 2026 finds the ecosystem spreading out rather than concentrating further. Read more

Reading the Signals in the OWASP LLM Top 10 2026 (Check Point, Monday, August 17th, 2026)

Check Point reads the 2026 OWASP GenAI LLM Top 10 and finds AI security priorities shifting toward agency and consequences. Read more

17th August - Threat Intelligence Report (Check Point, Monday, August 17th, 2026)

Check Point's weekly threat intelligence bulletin covers a ransomware attack on Colombia's Ministry of Justice and other incidents. Read more

The Approved-App Blind Spot: When Sanctioned AI Becomes Shadow AI (Check Point, Thursday, August 20th, 2026)

Check Point shows how approved AI tools drift into shadow AI through personal accounts, SaaS updates and browser extensions. Read more

The Mistake That Exposed a Global Cyber Crime Operation (Check Point, Tuesday, August 18th, 2026)

Check Point Research says OPSEC failures by the StopAndProtect operation exposed its own infrastructure and 5,000+ victims. Read more

State Sponsored Hackers Use Fake Job Offers to Deliver New Zero Day Exploit (Check Point, Tuesday, August 11th, 2026)

Check Point details a Lazarus-linked campaign exploiting an undisclosed Windows zero-day via fake job offers. Read more

10th August - Threat Intelligence Report (Check Point, Monday, August 10th, 2026)

Check Point's weekly threat intelligence report covers a cyberattack on North Carolina Ports. Read more

July 2026 Cyber Threats Surge: Ransomware Attacks Double Year Over Year as GenAI Data Exposure Widens (Check Point, Wednesday, August 12th, 2026)

Check Point reports weekly attacks hit 2,336 per organisation in July 2026 as GenAI data exposure widens. Read more

Thousands of Hacked WordPress Sites, One Operation: Unmasking StopAndProtect (Check Point, Tuesday, August 18th, 2026)

Check Point traces the StopAndProtect ransomware family to a ClickFix chain running through thousands of hacked WordPress sites. Read more

Shattering the Dream - When a Job Offer Becomes a Zero-Day Attack (Check Point, Tuesday, August 11th, 2026)

Check Point Research tracks a new Operation Dream Job wave using weaponised PDF viewers against defence firms. Read more

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