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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

Black Arrow AdminSeptember 10, 2023palo alto, andarial cluster, putin, armis, rayobyte, university of sydney, bitcoin, northern ireland, shinyhunters, lockbit, sec, security exchange commission, ooda, meatbag, zaun, mssql, mysql, alphv, maidstone, debenham, highgate, suffolk, maiden erlegh, csem, commission des services electriques de montreal, okta, chatgpt, google, nvidia, nhs, nfl, zoom, maldoc, eternalblue, chaes, blister, sidetwist, flipper zero, qakbot, mirai, bafin, callaway, freecycle, pizza hut, johnson & johnson, ibm, tesla, lastpass, youporn, district of massachusetts, conti, trickbot, beazley, lloyds of london, sourcegraph, chrome, meta, twitter, atomic macos stealer, enisa, verizon, trident, elon musk, apt28, azure, huawei, zoho, lazarus, pypi, cve-2022-47966, cve-2022-42475, log4j, apache superset, broadworks, minio, asus, zenbleed, coldfusion, notepad++, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

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

Black Arrow AdminMay 14, 2023at&t, adobe, linkedin, delinea, encrochat, ubiquiti, simplify, seoul, sysco, chrome, google, ruckus, cofense, cyble, esxi, cactus, threat intelligence, federation of european risk management associations, ferma, lloyds, financial times, smbs, smb, chatgpt, sophos, israel, snake malware, ncsc, nsa, fsb, phishing-as-a-service, cisco, talos, greatness, kaspersky, rochester public school, constellation, alphv, akira, western digital, conti, royal, smashing pumpkins, dragos, bloomberg, abb, black basta, babuk, gmail, aurora, linux bpfdoor, fluhorse, fleckpe, bad bots, fortinet, andoryubot, rapperbot, cryptojacking, mirai botnet, capita, openai, msi, nextgen, brightly, schooldude, bitcoin, deepfake, merck, notpetya, sbom, enisa, adcs, ftx, tor, india, twitter, circle, tiktok, csam, pega, isc2, isaca, rsac, proofpoint, hp, dell, phishing, amazon, killnet, cert-ua, smokeloader, roarbat, dragon breath, capvision, sidewinder, wordpress, azure, papercut, cyberghost, sap, eset apt, eurovision, black arrow cyber, black arrow, osint, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare

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 20 January 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 January 2023:

-Experts at Davos 2023 Call for a Global Response to the Gathering 'Cyber Storm'

-Cost of Data Breaches to Global Businesses at Five-Year High

-European Data Protection Authorities Issue Record €2.92 Billion In GDPR Fines, an Increase of 168%

-PayPal Accounts Breached in Large-Scale Credential Stuffing Attack

-Royal Mail Boss to Face MPs’ Questions Over Russian Ransomware Attack

-Third-Party Risk Management: Why 2023 Could be the Perfect Time to Overhaul your TPRM Program

-EU Cyber Resilience Regulation Could Translate into Millions in Fines

-Russian Hackers Try to Bypass ChatGPT's Restrictions for Malicious Purposes

-New Report Reveals CISOs Rising Influence

-ChatGPT and its Perilous Use as a "Force Multiplier" for Cyber Attacks

-Mailchimp Discloses a New Security Breach, the Second One in 6 Months

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 September 2021

-91% Of IT Teams Have Felt 'Forced' To Trade Security For Business Operations

-Ransomware Attacks Increased Exponentially In 2021

-One In Three Suspect Phishing Emails Reported By Employees Really Are Malicious

-Hackers Shift From Malware To Credential Hijacking

-Attacker Breakout Time Now Less Than 30 Minutes

-Hackers Leak VPN Account Passwords From 87,000 Fortinet FortiGate Devices

-The Impact Of Ransomware On Cyber Insurance Driving The Need For Broader Cyber Security Knowledge

-Hackers Exploit Camera Vulnerabilities To Spy On Parents

-39% Of All Internet Traffic Is From Bad Bots

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 August 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 August 2021:

-Third of Global Companies Have Experienced Ransomware Attack, Survey Finds

-Company Size Is A Nonissue With Automated Cyberattack Tools

-60% Of Employees Reuse Passwords Across Business And Personal Accounts

-LockBit 2.0 Ransomware Proliferates Globally

-Secret Terrorist Watchlist With 2 Million Records Exposed Online

-Phishing Costs Quadruple Over 6 Years

-Security Teams Report Rise In Cyber Risk

-Phishing Attacks Increase In H1 2021, Sharp Jump In Crypto Attacks

Black Arrow AdminAugust 20, 2021cyber, cyber security, infosec, information security, black arrow, threat report, threat intel, ransomware, automated tools, smb, smbs, passwords, password reuse, lockbit, terrorist, watchlist, phishing, costs, zero trust, iot, hospital, healthcare, schools, diavol, jigsaw, trickbot, microsoft 365, smishing, wordpress, malware, adload, mac, apple, macbook, message mirroring, fortinet, fortiweb, waf, linux, glibc, realtek, adobe, photoshop, chase bank, colonial, ford, dark web, money laundering, blockchain, bitcoin, firewalls, middleboxes, ddos, botnet, china, chinese, north korea, cloud, blackbaud, amazon, amazon sidewalk

Urgent: We are receiving an increasing number of reports of email addresses ending in cwgsy.net sending phishing emails

Urgent: We are receiving an increasing number of reports of email addresses ending in cwgsy.net sending phishing emails. The most likely cause of this is unauthorised access to the mailbox using credentials harvested from other breaches.

Black Arrow AdminJune 25, 2021phishing, alert, cwgsy.net, scams, credential stuffing, credential harvesting, bitcoin

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 May 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 May 2021: Cyber Insurance Firms Start Tapping Out As Ransomware Continues To Rise; Irish Health Service Faces Final Bill Of At Least €100M Following Cyber Attack; The 10 Most Dangerous Cyber Threat Actors; Dramatic Increase In Ransomware Attacks Is Causing Harm On A Significant Scale; Deepfakes Could Be The Next Big Security Threat To Businesses; Two-Thirds Of Organisations Say They'll Take Action To Boost Their Ransomware Defences

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 April 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 April 2021: Ransomware Demands Up By 43% So Far In 2021, 61% Of Organisations Impacted By Ransomware In 2020 - Ransomware Is Growing At An Alarming Rate, Warns GCHQ Chief; Flubot Spyware Spreading Through Android Devices; Buying Cyber Insurance In 2021? Expect Greater Scrutiny, Higher Premiums

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