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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 February 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 16 February 2024:

-Active Phishing Campaigns Targeting Office 365, Another Forcing Remote Management Software Downloads

-Cyber Security is Your Defensive Strategy, Cyber Resilience is Your Business

-Leveraging Threat Intelligence for Regulatory compliance

-The Risks of Quishing and How Enterprises Can Stay Secure

-Phishing Attacks Increased 106% Year Over Year as 91% of Organisations Impacted by AI-enhanced Phishing Attacks

-Microsoft and OpenAI Warn State-backed Threat Actors are Using AI En Masse to Wage Cyber Attacks

-Cyber Risk Management: Bring Security to the Boardroom

-Trustees Open to Cyber Risks by Not Responding to NCSC Reporting Changes

-Nation State Actors Intensify Focus on NATO Member States

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 09 February 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 09 February 2024:

-Over Half of Companies Experienced Cyber Security Incidents Last Year

-Deepfake Video Conference Costs Business $25 Million

-Watershed Year for Ransomware as Victims Rose by Almost 50% and Payments Hit $1 Billion All-Time High

-Malware-as-a-Service Now the Top Threat to Organisations

-Over 9 in 10 UK Firms Who Fell Victim to Ransomware Paid the Ransom, Despite Alleged “No Pay” Stances

-Chinese State Hackers Hid in National Infrastructure for at Least 5 Years

-Email Attacks on Businesses Tripled and AI is a Huge Contributing Factor

-Security Leaders, C-Suite Unite to Tackle Cyber Threats

-UN Experts Investigate Cyber Attacks by North Korea that Raked in $3 Billion to Build Nuclear Weapons

-What Does a ‘Cyber Security Culture’ Actually Entail?

-Beyond Checkboxes: Security Compliance as a Business Enabler

-No One in Cyber Security Is Ready for the SolarWinds Prosecution

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 September 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 08 September 2023:

-More Than Half of UK Organisations Know They Aren’t Well Protected

-Generative AI Considered a Security Risk by 60% of Board Members: How Organisations Can Prepare

-Businesses Ignore Incident Response at Their Peril

-Blame Culture: An Organisation’s Ticking Time Bomb

-Spend to Save: CFO’s and Cyber Security Investment

-Cyber Security Tools Are New Targets for Attackers, including Nation-State Actors

-Attackers Access UK Military Data Through Third Party Supplier as Relentless Russian Cyber Attacks Raise Spectre of WW3

-Common Tactics Used by Threat Actors to Weaponise PDFs

-Years-old Microsoft Security Holes Still Hot Targets for Cyber Criminals

-Popular ‘As-a-Service’ Operations Have Earned Cyber Criminals over $64m

-71% of Organisations are Impacted by Cyber Security Skills Shortage

-Multiple Schools Hit by Cyber Attacks Before Term Begins

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23rd June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 June 2023:

-How the MOVEit Breach Shows Hackers' Interest in Corporate File Transfer Tools

-Attackers Discovering Exposed Cloud Assets Within Minutes

-Majority of Users Neglect Best Password Practices

-One in Three Workers Susceptible to Phishing

-Ransomware Misconceptions Abound, to the Benefit of Attackers

-Threat Actors Scale and Commoditise Uncommon Tools and Techniques

-Goodbyes are Difficult, IT Offboarding Processes Make Them Harder

-Security Budget Hikes are Missing the Mark, CISOs Say

-Understanding Cyber Resilience: Building a Holistic Approach to Cyber Security

-Emerging Ransomware Group 8Base Releasing Data on SMBs Globally

-Cyber Security Industry Still Fighting to Recruit and Retain Talent

-Financial Firms to Build Resilience in Face of Growing Cyber-Threats

-Fulfilling Expected SEC Requirements for Cyber Security Expertise at Board Level

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 June 2023:

-Hacker Gang Clop Deploys Extortion Tactics Against Global Companies

-Social Engineering Drives BEC Losses to $50B Globally

-Creating A Cyber-Conscious Culture—It Must Be Driven from the Top

-Artificial Intelligence is Coming to Windows: Are Your Security Policy Settings Ready?

-Cyber Crooks Targeting Employees, Organisations Fight Back with Training Programs

-Massive Phishing Campaign Uses 6,000 Sites to Impersonate 100 Brands

-A Recent Study Shows Over One in Ten Brits are Willing to Engage in ‘Illegal or Illicit’ Online Behaviour as the Cost of Living Crisis Worsens, Driving Insider Threat Concerns

-Microsoft Office 365 Phishing Reveals Signs of Much Larger BEC Campaign

-Europol Warns of Metaverse and AI Terror Threat

-What is AI, and is it Dangerous?

-Cyber Liability Insurance Vs. Data Breach Insurance: What's the Difference?

-Exploring the Dark Web: Hitmen for Hire and the Realities of Online Activities

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 June 2023:

-How to Keep Cyber Attacks from Tanking Your Balance Sheet

-Company Size Doesn’t Matter When It Comes to Cyber Attacks

-‘Exceptional’ Cyber Attacks Now Normal, says BT Security Chief

-How State-Sponsored/Advanced Persistent Threat Groups (APTs) Target SMBs

-Phishing Campaigns Thrive as Evasive Tactics Outsmart Conventional Detection

-Don't be Polite When you Get a Text from a Wrong Number

-Capita Cyber Attack: 90 Downstream Organisations Reported Data Breaches

-Travel-Themed Phishing, BEC Campaigns Get Smarter as Summer Season Arrives

-Organisations Spend 100 Hours Battling Post-Delivery Email Threats

-Ransomware Gangs Adopting Business-like Practices to Boost Profits

-The Sobering Truth About Ransomware—For The 80% Who Paid Up

-The Great CISO Resignation: Why Security Leaders are Quitting in Droves

-When is it Time for a Cyber Hygiene Audit?

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 May 2023:

-Triple Threat: Insecure Economy, Cyber Crime Recruitment and Insider Threats

-Insured Companies More Likely to be Ransomware Victims, Sometimes More Than Once

-Ensuring Security Remains/Becomes Everyone’s Responsibility

-Software Supply Chain Attacks Hit 61% of Firms

-More than 2.25 Million Exposed Assets on the Dark Web Tied to Fortune 1000 Employees

-Law Enforcement Crackdowns and New Techniques are Forcing Cyber Criminals to Pivot

-Talking Security Strategy: Why Cyber Security Requires a Seat at the Boardroom Table

-How Incident Response Rehearsals and Readiness Exercises Can Aid Incident Response

-Ransomware’s Real Goals are to Exploit Internet Facing Apps, Mine Intellectual Property and Grab Sensitive Information

-Organisations’ Cyber Resilience Efforts Fail to Keep Up with Evolving Threats

-Fraudsters Send Fake Invoice, Follow Up with Fake Executive Confirmation

-Capita Warns Customers They Should Assume Data was Stolen

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 May 2023:

-79% of Cyber Pros Make Decisions Without Threat Intelligence

-61% of Business Leadership Overlook the Role of Cyber Security as a Business Enabler and as being Key to Business Success

-Risk Managers Warn Cyber Insurance Could Become ‘Unviable Product’

-Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: Don’t Give up on Cyber Security

-AI Has Been Dubbed a 'Nuclear' Threat to Cyber Security, but It Can Also Be Used for Defence

-Paying Cyber Hijackers’ Ransoms Doubles Cost of Recovery, Sophos Study Shows

-Majority of US, UK CISOs Unable to Protect Company 'Secrets'

-Company Executives Can’t Afford to Ignore Cyber Security Anymore

-BEC Campaign via Israel Spotted Targeting Multinational Companies

-CISOs Worried About Personal Liability for Breaches

-UK, US and International Allies Uncover Russian Snake Malware Network in 50+ Countries

-Plug-and-Play Microsoft 365 Phishing Tool 'Democratizes' Attack Campaigns

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2023:

- Boards Need Better Conversations About Cyber Security

- Uber’s Ex-Security Chief Sentenced for Security Breach

- Global Cyber Attacks Rise by 7% in Q1 2023

- Three-Quarters of Firms Predict Breach in Coming Year

- The Costly Threat That Many Businesses Fail to Address

- European Data at Risk with Tick-box GDPR Compliance and High Cyber Attack Volumes

- Understanding Cyber Threat Intelligence for Business Security

- Hackers Are Finding Ways to Evade Latest Cyber Security Tools

- Study Shows a 27% Spike in Publicly Known Ransomware Victims

- Data Loss Costs Are Going Up – and Not Just for Those Who Choose to Pay Thieves

- Give NotPetya-hit Merck that $1.4B, Appeals Court Tells Insurers

- 4 Ways Leaders Should Re-evaluate Their Cyber Security's Focus

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 April 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 April 2023:

-Almost Half of Former Employees Say Their Passwords Still Work

-Efficient Risk Based Patch Management Means Eliminating Just 2% of Exposures Could Protect 90% of Critical Assets

-Printers Pose Persistent Yet Overlooked Threat

-Employees Are as Likely as Cyber Criminals to Cause Cyber Incidents

-Over 90% of Organisations Find Threat Hunting a Challenge

-75% of Organisations Have Suffered a Cyber Security Breach

-Leak Shows Evolving Russian Cyber War Capabilities

-Outsourced Payroll and HR Services Firm Forced to Shut Down After Cyber Attack

-When a Cyber Criminal Steals Personal Data from Your Organisation What Do You Do and Who Do You Need to Inform?

-Insider Threat and Ransomware: A Growing Issue

-How LockBit Changed Cyber Security Forever

-Hybrid Work Environments Are Stressing CISOs

-Protect Your Data with a USB Condom

-Strategising Cyber Security: Why a Risk-based Approach is Key

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 March 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 March 2023:

-Phishing Emails Up a Whopping 569% in 2022

-The End User Password Mistakes Putting Your Organisation at Risk

-Millions of Penetration Tests Show Companies’ Security Postures are Getting Worse

-71% of Employees Keep Work Passwords on Personal Devices

-Cyber Crime Frontlines in Russia-Ukraine War Move to Eastern and Northern Europe

-Security Flaws Cost Fifth of Executive’s Businesses

-Companies Struggle to Build and Run Effective Programs to Protect Data from Insider Threats

-Only 10% of Workers Remember All Their Cyber Security Training

-Silence Gets You Nowhere in a Data Breach

-Just 1% of Cloud Permissions are Actively Used

-Dangerous Misconceptions About Emerging Cyber Threats

-‘Grim’ Criminal Abuse of ChatGPT is Coming, Europol Warns

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 March 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 March 2023:

-Majority of SMBs Lack Dedicated Cyber Experts and Cyber Incident Response Plans

-Controlling Third-Party Data Risk Should Be a Top Cyber Security Priority

-IT Security Spending to Reach Nearly $300 Billion by 2026

-2023 Cyber Security Maturity Report Reveals Organisational Unpreparedness for Cyber Attacks

-Board Cyber Shortage: Don’t Get Caught Swimming Naked

-Should Your Organisation Be Worried About Insider Threats?

-UK Ransomware Incident Volumes Surge 17% in 2022

-Financial Industry Hit by Rising Ransomware Attacks and BEC

-55 zero-day Flaws Exploited Last Year Show the Importance of Security Risk Management

-Security Researchers Spot $36m BEC Attack

-New Victims Come Forward After Mass Ransomware Attack

-Ransomware Gangs’ Harassment of Victims is Increasing

-Wartime Hacktivism is Spilling Over Into the Financial Services Industry

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 April 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 April 2022

-One Tenth of UK Staff Bypass Corporate Security

-Majority Of Data Security Incidents Caused by Insiders

-One-Third of UK Firms Suffer A Cyber Attack Every Week

-Russia's Cyber Criminals Fear Sanctions Will Erase Their Wealth

-86% Of Organisations Believe They Have Suffered a Nation-State Cyber Attack

-Multiple Hacking Groups Are Using the War in Ukraine As A Lure In Phishing Attempts

-4 Ways Attackers Target Humans to Gain Network Access

-Security Incidents Reported to FCA Surge 52% in 2021

-NCSC Suggests Rethinking Russian Supply Chain Risks

-25% Of Workers Lost Their Jobs In The Past 12 Months After Making Cyber Security Mistakes: Report

-Attackers Compromise 94% Of Critical Assets Within Four Steps Of Initial Breach

-UK Spy Chief Warns Russia Looking for Cyber Targets

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 December 2021

-Cyber Criminals Shifting Focus: IT Sector Most Targeted In 2021

-Log4j Flaw: Attackers Are 'Actively Scanning Networks' Warns New Guidance, Joint Advisory from Cyber Agencies in US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom

-New Ransomware Variants Flourish Amid Law Enforcement Actions

-93% of Tested Networks Vulnerable to Breach, Pen Testers Find

-Dridex Malware Trolls Employees With Fake Job Termination Emails

-More Than 35,000 Java Packages Impacted By Log4j Flaw, Google Warns

-Conti Ransomware Gang Has Full Log4Shell Attack Chain

-Second Ransomware Family Exploiting Log4j Spotted In US, Europe

-Threat actors steal $80 million per month with fake giveaways, surveys

-Microsoft Teams might have a few serious security issues

-The Future of Work Has Changed, and Your Security Mindset Needs to Follow

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 December 2021

-Beware Of Ransomware Attacks Between Christmas and New Year’s!

-Why Holidays Put Your Company at Risk of Cyber Attack (And How to Take Precautions)

-Security Experts Sound Alarm on Zero-Day in Widely Used Log4j Tool

-SolarWinds Attackers Spotted Using New Tactics, Malware

-Cyber Crime Supply Chain: Fueling The Rise In Ransomware

-Weak Passwords Caused 30% Of Security Breaches

-Work-from-Anywhere Requires "Work-from-Anywhere Security"

-Just 3% of UK Firms Escaped a Supply Chain Breach in 2021

-Critical Flaw In ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP Tool Exploited In The Wild

-New Financial Services Industry Report Reveals Major Gaps in Storage and Backup Security

-UK’s Poor Cyber Risk Planning Could “Wreak Havoc”

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