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Cryptocurrency Mining Presents New Threat to Business, says Check PointSAN CARLOS, Calif., Nov. 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), a leading provider of cyber-security solutions globally, revealed that according to the company’s latest Global Threat Impact Index, cryptocurrency mining was an increasingly prevalent form of malware during October, as organizations were targeted with the CoinHive variant. Following up on recent Check Point research that found that crypto-miners can fraudulently use up to 65% of an end-user’s total CPU resources without the end-user’s approval, the CoinHive variant entered the Index in 6th place in October. The malware is designed to mine the Monero cryptocurrency when a user visits a web page, without the user's approval. CoinHive implants JavaScript, which then uses high levels of the end-users’ CPU, severely impact the machine’s performance. As in September, RoughTed and Locky remained the two most prevalent threats. However, there was a new entry to the top three: the ‘Seamless traffic redirector’ malware. This malware silently redirects the victim to a malicious web page, leading to infection by an exploit kit. Successfully infecting the target allows the attacker to download additional malware. Maya Horowitz, Threat Intelligence, Group Manager at Check Point commented: “The emergence of Seamless and CoinHive once again highlights the need for advanced threat prevention technologies in securing networks against cyber-criminals. Crypto mining is a new, silent, yet significant actor in the threat landscape, allowing threat actors to make significant revenues while victims’ endpoints and networks suffer from latency and decreased performance.” October 2017’s Top 3 ‘Most Wanted’ Malware:
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Check Point’s Global Threat Impact Index and its ThreatCloud Map is powered by Check Point’s ThreatCloud intelligence, the largest collaborative network to fight cybercrime which delivers threat data and attack trends from a global network of threat sensors. The ThreatCloud database holds over 250 million addresses analyzed for bot discovery, more than 11 million malware signatures and over 5.5 million infected websites, and identifies millions of malware types daily. * The complete list of the top 10 malware families in October can be found on the Check Point Blog: http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/11/13/octobers-wanted-malware-cryptocurrency-mining-presents-new-threat/ Check Point’s Threat Prevention Resources are available at: http://www.checkpoint.com/threat-prevention-resources/index.html Follow Check Point via: About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. INVESTOR CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT: |