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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 09 February 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 09 February 2024:
-Over Half of Companies Experienced Cyber Security Incidents Last Year
-Deepfake Video Conference Costs Business $25 Million
-Watershed Year for Ransomware as Victims Rose by Almost 50% and Payments Hit $1 Billion All-Time High
-Malware-as-a-Service Now the Top Threat to Organisations
-Over 9 in 10 UK Firms Who Fell Victim to Ransomware Paid the Ransom, Despite Alleged “No Pay” Stances
-Chinese State Hackers Hid in National Infrastructure for at Least 5 Years
-Email Attacks on Businesses Tripled and AI is a Huge Contributing Factor
-Security Leaders, C-Suite Unite to Tackle Cyber Threats
-UN Experts Investigate Cyber Attacks by North Korea that Raked in $3 Billion to Build Nuclear Weapons
-What Does a ‘Cyber Security Culture’ Actually Entail?
-Beyond Checkboxes: Security Compliance as a Business Enabler
-No One in Cyber Security Is Ready for the SolarWinds Prosecution
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 February 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 02 February 2024:
-The Financial Sector Is Plagued by Increasingly Sophisticated Cyber Attacks That Demand a Defensive Paradigm Shift
-The $10 Billion Cyber Insurance Industry Sees a Dangerous Year in Cyber Crime Ahead. AI, Ransomware, and War are its Biggest Concerns
-Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Used Known Identified Tactics to Breach Senior Exec Emails
-Old Methods, New Tricks: Cyber Criminals Are Still Using Social Engineering to Steal Your Credentials
-UK Government Unveils New Cyber Threat Guidelines as 32% of Firms Suffer Attacks in Past Year
-94% of Organisations Would Pay a Ransom, Despite Having ‘Do Not Pay’ Policies, as 79% Faced an Attack in 2023
-Interpol Arrests More than 30 Cyber Criminals in Global Operation
-Divide and Succeed: Splitting IT and Security Makes Business Sense
-Ransomware Groups Gain Clout with False Attack Claims
-Payment Fraud is Hitting Organisations Harder Than Ever Before
-Chinese Hacking Operations Have Entered a Far More Dangerous Phase, US Warns
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 6 October 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 06 October 2023:
-Many Cyber Attacks Begin by Breaking Human Trust
-BYOD Should Stand for Bring Your Own Disaster, According to Microsoft Ransomware Data
-SME Cyber Security Knowledge Gap Widens
-UK Security Budgets Under Strain as Cyber Incidents Soar
-Cyber Leaders’ Confidence in Their Organisation’s Defences Plummets, But Costs Mount
-FBI Warns of Dual Ransomware as Data Destruction Dwell Times Hit Low of 24 Hours
-Tech-Savvy Young Workers Might Be the Biggest Cyber Liability to Your Business
-Half of Cyber Security Professionals Report Increase in Cyber Attacks, with 60% of Attacks Going Unreported
-Global Cyber Survey Finds 50% Rise in Cyber Insurance Premiums
-Evolving Conversations: Cyber Security as a Business Risk
-Threats in Cloud Top the List of Executive Cyber Concerns
-Over Half of Phishing Emails Now Use Obfuscation Tactics to Avoid Detection
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 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