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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 December 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 08 December 2023:

-Cyber Attacks More Likely Than Fire or Theft, as Fifth of UK Businesses Fallen Victim To Cyber Attack in Past Year

-Russia Hacking: 'FSB in Years-Long Cyber Attacks on UK', Says Government

-NCSC CTO Cyber Security is Essential, Not Optional

-69% of Organisations Paid Ransoms, contributing to Inflation as Firms Increase Costs

-75% of Sports Related Passwords are Reused Across Accounts

-Ransomware in 2024: Anticipated Impact, Targets, and Landscape Shift

-Ransomware, Vendor Hacks Push Breach Number to Record High

-Nuclear Hack Creates Rising Fears of Cyber Vulnerability in Critical Infrastructure

-Thousands of House Purchases Frozen by Cyber Attack; Will They Complete Before Christmas?

-US Government Agency Was Hacked Thanks to 'End of Life' Software

-Digital Transformation, Security Implications, and their Effects on The Modern Workplace

-Third Party Breaches Shake up Energy Sector, with 90% Suffering from Third-Party Breach

-Report Reveals Sorry State of Cyber Security at UK Football Clubs

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 September 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 29 September 2023:

-Ransomware Groups Are Shifting Their Focus Away From Larger Targets

-Cover-ups Still the Norm as Half of Cyber Attacks go Unreported

-Reported Cyber Security Breaches Increase Threefold for Financial Services Firms

-Attacks on SME’s Surged in The First Half of 2023

-The CISO Carousel and Its Effect on Enterprise Cyber Security

-Bermuda Struggles to Recover from Ransomware Attack

-Businesses Remain Unprepared Despite Cyber Threats Remaining a Top Concern

-Business Leaders More Anxious About Ransomware Than Recession as Tally from One Attack Alone Surpasses 2,000 Victim Organisations

-Hotel Hackers Redirect Guests to Fake Booking[.]com Site in Major Phishing Campaign

-Cyber Leaders Worry That AI Will Overwhelm Cyber Defences

-Boards Still Lack Cyber Security Expertise

-4 Legal Surprises You May Encounter After a Cyber Security Incident

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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 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 17 March 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 March 2023:

-Almost Half of IT Leaders Consider Security as an Afterthought

-Over $10bn Lost To Online Frauds, with Pig Butchering and Investment Scams Accounting for $3B, Overtaking BEC – FBI Report Says

-Over 721 Million Passwords Were Leaked in 2022

-How Much of a Cyber Security Risk are Suppliers?

-90% of £5m+ Businesses Hit by Cyber Attacks

-Rushed Cloud Migrations Result in Escalating Technical Debt

-17 European Nations Targeted by Russia in 2023 as Espionage Ramping Up

-Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale Use of Phishing Kits

-BEC Volumes Double on Phishing Surge

-The Risk of Pasting Confidential Company Data in ChatGPT

-Ransomware Attacks have Entered a New Phase

-MI5 Launches New Agency to Tackle State-Backed Attacks

-Why Cyber Awareness Training is an Ongoing Process

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 March 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 March 2023:

-Business Email Compromise Attacks Can Take Just Hours

-Research Reveals ‘Password’ is Still the Most Common Term used by Hackers to Breach Enterprise Networks

-Just 10% of Firms Can Resolve Cloud Threats in an Hour

-MSPs in the Crosshair of Ransomware Gangs

-Stolen Credentials Increasingly Empower the Cyber Crime Underground

-It’s Time to Assess the Potential Dangers of an Increasingly Connected World

-Mounting Cyber Threats Mean Financial Firms Urgently Need Better Safeguards

-Developers Leaked 10m Credentials Including Passwords in 2022

-Cyber Threat Detections Surges 55% In 2022

-European Central Bank Tells Banks to Run Cyber Stress Tests after Rise in Hacker Attacks

-Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Business Data to ChatGPT

-Is Ransomware Declining? Not So Fast Experts Say

-Preventing Corporate Data Breaches Starts With Remembering That Leaks Have Real Victims

-Faced With Likelihood of Ransomware Attacks, Businesses Still Choosing to Pay Up

-Experts See Growing Need for Cyber Security Workers as One in Six Jobs go Unfilled

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