### [AI Security Report 2026](https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/ai-security-report-2026/)

July 14, 2026

For years, the cyber security industry tracked AI as a force multiplier: something that made existing attack techniques faster, cheaper, and ...

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### [Cavern Manticore: Exposing Iran-Linked Modular C2 Framework](https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/cavern-manticore-exposing-iran-linked-modular-c2-framework/)

July 6, 2026

Note: SysAid was not compromised, and no SysAid vulnerability was involved. The attacker had already gained access to the victim ...

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### [Browser-Only Ransomware: From LLM Hallucinations to a Practical Attack Technique](https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/browser-only-ransomware-from-llm-hallucinations-to-a-practical-attack-technique/)

Research by: Alexey Bukhteyev

Key Takeaways

AI can turn high-level malicious ideas into ...

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### [From Stars to Upvotes: Fake Reputation Fueling a Crypto Clipboard Hijacker](https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/from-stars-to-upvotes-fake-reputation-fueling-a-crypto-clipboard-hijacker/)

June 17, 2026

Key Points

The threat actor uses multiple channels to promote and distribute a Rust clipboard ...

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### [From SQLi to RCE – Exploiting LangGraph’s Checkpointer](https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/from-sqli-to-rce-exploiting-langgraphs-checkpointer/)

June 11, 2026

By Yarden Porat

AI agents need memory. Frameworks like LangGraph provide it through checkpointers - ...

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### [Impersonation, Click Hijacking, and TDS: Inside a Malware Distribution Ecosystem](https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/impersonation-click-hijacking-and-tds-inside-a-malware-distribution-ecosystem/)

Research by: Alexey Bukhteyev

Key Takeaways

Check Point Research investigated a ...

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### [AI Threat Landscape Digest March-April 2026](https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/ai-threat-landscape-digest-march-april-2026/)

Executive Summary

During the March–April 2026 reporting period, AI use in offensive operations advanced ...

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### [Fast and Furious – Nimbus Manticore Operations During the Iranian Conflict](https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/fast-and-furious-nimbus-manticore-operations-during-the-iranian-conflict/)

Key Findings

The Iranian, IRGC affiliated, threat actor Nimbus Manticore resurfaced during ...

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