[4][5] Checkmarx was acquired in April 2020 by Hellman & Friedman, a private equity firm with headquarters in San Francisco.

[6] Checkmarx's research department is known for uncovering technical vulnerabilities in popular technologies, software, applications, and IoT devices.

[3] In November 2019, the company's security research team uncovered a number of vulnerabilities affecting Google and Samsung smartphones.

The vulnerabilities allowed an attacker to take remote control of smartphone apps, giving them the ability to take photos, record video and conversations, and identify the phone's location.

In August 2022, Checkmarx researchers found vulnerabilities in the Ring Android app, which could have allowed malicious applications to be installed on the user's phone to expose personal data, geolocation, and camera recordings.