19th August – Threat Intelligence Report

A Check Point Threat Intelligence bulletin reports multiple active incidents and trends: high-impact breaches and scams (a $60M BEC against Orion SA, alleged Iranian compromise of a US campaign, Flint municipal ransomware, Unicoin G-Suite takeover, POLADA leak of ~50k athlete records, and RansomHub thefts), emerging malware intelligence (Styx Stealer linked to Agent Tesla actors), and rising vulnerability risks (increased SSTI findings, Microsoft Patch Tuesday addressing 90 vulnerabilities including six zero-days, and a SolarWinds patch). The report combines active incident notifications with mitigation guidance and product protection notes.