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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
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
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
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
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
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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 February 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 February 2023:
-Business Leaders Need a Hands-on Approach to Stop Cyber Crime, Says Spy Chief
-Rising ‘Firebrick Ostrich’ BEC Group Launches Industrial Scale Cyber Attacks
-The Corporate World is Losing its Grip on Cyber Risk
-Microsoft Reveals Over 100 Threat Actors are Deploying Ransomware in Attacks
-Greater Incident Complexity, a Shift in How Threat Actors Use Stolen Data Will Drive the Cyber Threat Landscape in 2023
-The Threat from Within: 71% of Business Leaders Surveyed Think Next Cyber Security Breach Will come from the Inside
-98% of Organisations Have a Supply Chain Relationship That Has Been Breached
-New Survey Reveals 40% of Companies Experienced a Data Leak in the Past Year
-Russian Hackers Launch Cyber Attack on Germany in Leopard Tank Retaliation
-Financial Services Targeted in 28% of UK Cyber Attacks Last Year
-Phishing Attacks are Getting Scarily Sophisticated. Here’s what to Watch Out For
-City of London on High Alert After Ransomware Attack
-Ransomware Conversations: Why the CFO is Pivotal to Discussing and Preparing for Risk
-JD Sports Warns of 10 Million Customers Put at Risk in Cyber Attack
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 January 2023:
-Supply Chain Attacks Caused More Data Compromises Than Malware
-What Makes Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Vulnerable to BEC Attacks
-Understanding Your Attack Surface Makes It Easier to Prioritise Technologies and Systems
-Cyber Security Pros Sound Alarm Over Insider Threats
-Ransomware Attack Hit KFC and Pizza Hut Stores in the UK
-Forthcoming SEC Rules Will Trigger ‘Tectonic Shift’ in How Corporate Boards Treat Cyber Security
-Why CISOs Make Great Board Members
-View From Davos: The Changing Economics of Cyber Crime
-Cloud Based Networks Under Increasing Attack, Report Finds
-GoTo Admits: Customer Cloud Backups Stolen Together with Decryption Key
-State-Linked Hackers in Russia and Iran are Targeting UK Groups, NCSC Warns
-3.7 Million Customers’ Data of Hilton Hotels Put Up For Sale
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