In a recent CheckMates event, put together by Check Point SE and CheckMates Ambassador Stacy Dunn, IT professionals gathered around the virtual campfire to tell some nightmarish tales, like that time a database was accidentally deleted, encountering malware or ransomware for the first time, or other disastrous IT situations that may have been miraculously recovered from.

In this excerpt, we have stories from David Hughes, Chris Young, and Skyler Tuter.  Previous excerpts were pushed as S02E34 and S02E36.

PhoneBoy talks with David Ulloa, CISO at IMC Companies about their experience with Check Point Remote Access. See also the full IMC Customer success story on the Check Point website and the customer Webinar with IMC Companies.

It's that time of the year where people shop online. Check Point Research has seen a marked increase in the number of phishing-related emails, particularly those that claim to be from shipping companies.

PhoneBoy talks with Security Analyst Adi Rosenbaum about the report, what we found, and how to protect yourself from these scams. See the full report on Check Point's blog.

In a recent CheckMates event, put together by Check Point SE and CheckMates Ambassador Stacy Dunn, IT professionals gathered around the virtual campfire to tell some nightmarish tales, like that time a database was accidentally deleted, encountering malware or ransomware for the first time, or other disastrous IT situations that may have been miraculously recovered from.

The previous excerpt from this session was published as S02E34.
In this excerpt, we hear from Tracy Sargeant and Jeremiah Robinson.

PhoneBoy talks with David Ulloa, CISO at IMC Companies about their experience with Check Point SandBlast Agent. See also the full IMC Customer success story on the Check Point website and the customer Webinar with IMC Companies.

In a recent CheckMates event, put together by Check Point SE and CheckMates Ambassador Stacy Dunn, IT professionals gathered around the virtual campfire to tell some nightmarish tales, like that time a database was accidentally deleted, encountering malware or ransomware for the first time, or other disastrous IT situations that may have been miraculously recovered from.

In this excerpt from the event, we have stories from Stephen Hawkey and Joe Sullivan.

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PhoneBoy talks with Tim Otis of the Check Point Incident Response Team about Wiper Malware... and The Cuckoo's Egg gets a mention.

A quick bulletin on the rise in Ransomware incidents observed over the last 48 hours.

• https://blog.checkpoint.com/2020/10/29/hospitals-targeted-in-rising-wave-of-ryuk-ransomware-attacks/
• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-302a
• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/AA20-302A_Ransomware%20_Activity_Targeting_the_Healthcare_and_Public_Health_Sector.pdf
• The Check Point Incident Response Team is standing by to help

PhoneBoy talks with Tim Otis from the Check Point Incident Response Team about Meme Warfare and Logo-ed Vulnerabilities

PhoneBoy talks with Tim Otis from the Check Point Incident Response Team about what threats we see related to elections.