This Week in CheckMates 24 June 2019

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CheckMates Around The World

We had events in Nashville, Tallinn, and Sydney, three very different parts of the world! The Estonian's loved us so much, they branded their servers with CheckMates stickers!

Community Highlights

Here are the threads to watch from the last week:

New How-To Videos

• Understanding Malware DNA -- The Classification of Malware Families
• Check Point Threat Extraction for Web Technology
• Check Point Cyber Security Collaborates with Splunk for Cyber Threat Protection

What Happens When A License Expires?

We had a couple threads asking about this:

• What Happens When a License Expires?
• License Check Point 4400

GAIA API Version 1.2 is Now Available

Adds some new features.

TCP SACK PANIC Kernel Vulnerabilities: is Check Point Affected?

It depends, check the discussion for details.

IPS Signature Does Not Match with Attack Type

Some attacks use older methods to gain entry, and we have signatures to block those. 

Ransomware Simulator Tool Results Showing Check Point Endpoint Unable to Detect Known Ransomware

Fake news, as ransomware simulators don't necessarily act the same way as real ransomware does.

Botnet Activity Detection

How it works.

Seeing Odd Behavior in R80.20

If a gateway can't resolve a particular DNS name, it can definitely cause "odd behavior."

Command to Show History of ClusterXL Member Status

Querying the cpview database directly.

Upcoming Events

We are now maintaining our event calendar in Google Calendar.
You can browse our calendar of events here: CheckMates Calendar 
Here's where you can find @Valeri_Loukine and I over the next few weeks

• 27th June 2019: CheckMates Live Romania with @Valeri_Loukine 
• 9th July 2019: CheckMates Live Trinidad with @PhoneBoy 
• 9th July 2019: CheckMates Live Turkey with @Valeri_Loukine 
• 11th July 2019: CheckMates Live Barbados with @PhoneBoy 
• 17th July 2019: Maestro TechTalk: New Features, Best Practices, and Performance Aspects
• 14th August 2019 TechTalk: Check Point and the MITRE ATT&CK Framework
• 28th August 2019: SD-WAN Security TechTalk

If you would like a CheckMates Live event in your area, get in contact with us: checkmates@checkpoint.com