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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 April 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 12 April 2024:

-UK Cyber Breaches Survey Finds Business Falling Short on Cyber, as Half Suffer Breach and Many Fail to Report

-The Cyber Attack Stopped by a Microsoft Engineer Was Scarier Than We Realise

-UK Government Urged to Get on ‘Front Foot’ with Ransomware Instead of ‘Absorbing the Punches’

-74% of Employees Falling Victim to Phishing Attacks Hit with Disciplinary Actions; Egress Reveals

-Why Are Many Businesses Turning to Third-Party Security Partners?

-60% of SMBs and 74% of Businesses with up to 500 Employees are Concerned About Cyber Security as Attacks Rise

-Cyber Attacks Cost Financial Firms $12bn Says IMF

-LastPass: Hackers Targeted Employee in Failed Deepfake CEO Call

-Most Cyber Criminal Threats are Concentrated in Just a Few Countries

-Why Incident Response is the Best Cyber Security ROI

-Ransomware Attacks are the Canaries in the Cyber Coal Mine

-Cyber Security is Crucial, but What is Risk and How do You Assess it?

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The 31 of March is World Backup Day, Yes, there is a ‘day’ for everything now. Take a few minutes on this one, though

The 31 of March is World Backup Day, Yes, there is a ‘day’ for everything now. Take a few minutes on this one, though.

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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 26 May 2023 – 93% of Ransomware Attacks Explicitly Target Backups

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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 18 June 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 June 2021: Ransomware Now Ranks As UK’s Top Cyber Security Danger; 54% of all employees reuse passwords across accounts; Most Firms Face Second Ransomware Attack After Paying Off First; Bad Cyber Security Behaviours Plaguing The Remote Workforce; VPN Attacks Up Nearly 2000% As Companies Embrace A Hybrid Workplace; Over 65,000 Ransomware Attacks Expected In 2021; Business Leaders Now Feel More Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 February 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 February 2021: Masslogger Swipes Outlook & Chrome Credentials; Phishers trick LinkedIn users; Solarwinds Attack ‘Largest And Most Sophisticated Attack’ Ever; Ransomware gangs are running riot, paying them off doesn’t help; Most security bugs in the wild are years old; Hacker Claims Files Stolen from Prominent Law Firm; 100+ Financial Services Firms Targeted in Ransom DDoS Attacks in 2020; 14 million alleged Amazon and eBay account details sold online; Think backups will protect you from ransomware? What do you think gets attacked first?

Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing for 28 February 2020 –authenticator codes nabbed on Android, Cisco and Chrome critical vulns, FCA data breach, online backups not good enough

Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing for 28 February 2020 – authenticator codes nabbed on Android, Cisco and Chrome critical vulns, FCA data breach, online backups not good enough

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Welcome to this week's Black Arrow Cyber Tip Tuesday. This week - how ransomware is evolving and how it is getting even more important for firms and individuals to take this threat seriously

Antony ClealDecember 17, 2019cyber, cyber security, guernsey, tip tuesday, ransomware, backups, defence in depth

Week in review 08 December 2019: 5,183 breaches in first nine months of 2019, 44 million Microsoft customers found using compromised passwords, US charges Russians over hacking attacks

Week in review 08 December 2019: 5,183 breaches in first nine months of 2019, 44 million Microsoft customers found using compromised passwords, US charges Russians over hacking attacks, VPN vulnerabilities, ransomware attacks on network storage devices, Europol take down counterfeit websites, reward offered for Russian hackers largest yet

Antony ClealDecember 8, 2019cyber, cyber security, guernsey, open source, ransomware, malware, mac, vpn, microsoft, europol, nas, backups, breaches

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