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Fighting cyber threats one research at a time. News from Check Point’s (@checkpointSW) Research team.

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Check Point Research @_CPResearch_ 2d

Phili-what? Chinese malware, Israeli targets, wiper deployment
📻Limited PHP2Shell exploitation and LPE vulnerability in Check Point GW
💣Political wiper deployed against Israeli organizations
⚙️TSGA backdoor from UNC5221’s PhiliKit arsenal

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research.checkpoint.com/2026/php2shell…

research.checkpoint.com PHP2Shell Exploitation on Check Point Gateway - Check Point Research Key findings Introduction We have now confirmed that, in late October 2026, approximately one week after a security fix became available, activity originating from 130.94.19[.]204 targeted Israeli...

Check Point Research @_CPResearch_ 4d

We spent a year tracking CopperDragon’s Sparrow Framework - used by Chinese nexus APTs around the 🌍
🔎 Watering-hole attacks on government websites
🕵️ Passive backdoors and rootkit capabilities
📡 Espionage targeting major telecom operators

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research.checkpoint.com/2026/not-all-t…

research.checkpoint.com Not All That Glitters Is Gold: Tracking CopperDragon’s Sparrow Framework Around the Globe - Check... Key Points Introduction Over the past year, Check Point Research investigated a series of intrusion campaigns targeting several dozens of high-profile organizations across Latin America, Asia, and...

Check Point Research @_CPResearch_ Nov 5

Agentic hacking frameworks are on the rise.

We tracked 2,000+ #ARTEX servers and obtained databases with full conversation logs that show exactly how the agents hacked.

It proves: Fully autonomous cybercrime is already here.

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research.checkpoint.com/2026/hacking-o…

research.checkpoint.com Hacking on Autopilot: Inside ARTEX Cybercrime Campaigns - Check Point Research Key Points Introduction ARTEX is a Chinese open-source, AI-powered penetration testing platform designed to help security teams assess systems they own or are authorized to test. It uses large...

Check Point Research @_CPResearch_ Nov 5

🖱️No clicks.
⚠️No warning.
🗣️Just a conversation.

CPR found a #ChatGPT Lockdown Mode bypass enabling silent data exfiltration from the chat.

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research.checkpoint.com/2026/chatgpt-l…

research.checkpoint.com ChatGPT Lockdown Mode Bypass: Phishing, Malware Delivery, and Silent Data Exfiltration - Check... Research by: Alexey Bukhteyev Key Takeaways Introduction Earlier this year, Check Point Research disclosed a security flaw in ChatGPT’s code-execution runtime that allowed sensitive conversation data...

Check Point Research @_CPResearch_ Nov 3

When an AI jailbreak starts injecting ads: meet #Haiou, an example of Prompt Adware.

A glimpse into a new class of unwanted software.

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research.checkpoint.com Free the Model, Sell the Gateway: Prompt Adware hidden in Jailbreak Bundles - Check Point Research Key Points Free the Model, Sell the Gateway: Prompt Adware hidden in Jailbreak Bundles Check Point Research found a misconfigured webserver of a threat actor operating the Cobalt Strike framework....