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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 July 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 July 2023:

-Cyber Attacks Reach Two-Year High Amid Ransomware Resurgence as Financial Service Firms Lose $32 Billion in 5 Years

-MOVEit Body Count Closes in on 400 orgs, 20M+ Individuals

-IT Worker Jailed for Impersonating Ransomware Gang to Extort Employer

-Stabilising the Cyber Security Landscape: The CISO Exodus and the Rise of vCISOs

-Risk is Driving Medium-Sized Business Decisions

-Talent and Governance, Not Technology, are Key to Drive Change around Cyber Security

-Hybrid Work, Digital Transformation can Exploit Security Gaps

-Human Cyber-Risk Can Be Demonstrably Mitigated by Behaviour Changing Training

-AI Tool WormGPT Enables Convincing Fake Emails For BEC Attacks

-Pro-Russian Hacktivists Increase Focus on Western Targets

-Infosec Doesn't Know What AI Tools Orgs Are Using

-Google Restricting Internet Access to Some Employees to Reduce Cyber Attack Risk

-Unlocking Business Potential: How CISOs are Transforming Cyber Security into a Strategic Asset

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 June 2023:

-Zurich Insurance Group Secures Data Leak After Leaving Sensitive Data Publicly Accessible

-Employees Worry Less About Cyber Security Best Practices in the Summer

-Businesses are Ignoring Third-Party Security Risks

-Fear Trumps Anger When It Comes to Data Breaches – Angry Customers Vent, But Fearful Customers Don’t Come Back

-Over 130 Organisations and Millions of Individuals Believed to Be Impacted by MOVEit Hack, it Keeps Growing

-Widespread BEC Attacks Threaten European Organisations

-Lloyd’s Syndicates Sued Over Cyber Insurance

-95% Fear Inadequate Cloud Security Detection and Response

-The Growing Use of Generative AI and the Security Risks They Pose

-The CISO’s Toolkit Must Include Political Capital Within The C-Suite

-Microsoft Warns of Widescale Credential Stealing Attacks by Russian Hackers as War Ministers Reliant on Cyber Crime

-SMBs Plagued by Exploits, Trojans and Backdoors

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 October 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 October 2021:

-Cyber Second Only To Climate Change As Biggest Global Risk

-Businesses Unsure Which Tech Is Essential Against Ransomware

-Cyber Crime Awareness Heightened, Yet People Still Engage In Risky Online Behaviours

-Attacks Against Remote Desktop Protocol Endpoints Have Exploded This Year

-Ransomware Attacks Up 1,070% Year Over Year

-Baby’s Death Alleged To Be Linked To Ransomware

-Ransomware Shame: More Than Half Of Business Owners Conceal Cyber-Breach

-More Than 90% Of Q2 Malware Was Hidden In Encrypted Traffic

-Cyber Attack Floors British Payroll Firm

-GriftHorse Malware Infected More Than 10 Million Android Phones From 70 Countries

-50% Of Servers Have Weak Security Long After Patches Are Released

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