20th July – Threat Intelligence Report

Collection of Check Point Research posts (May–Jul 2026) covering weekly threat intelligence bulletins and multiple in-depth investigations. Key themes: widespread third‑party/supply‑chain compromises and large data breaches (affecting millions), an Iran‑linked APT (“Cavern Manticore”) using a modular C2 framework, the evolution of AI from assistant to autonomous operator (AI Security Report 2026 and AI threat digests), practical AI‑enabled/malware techniques (browser‑only ransomware and LLM‑assisted malware), and a critical chain‑of‑vulnerabilities in AI agent tooling (LangGraph checkpointer: