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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 September 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 September 2022:
-Cyber Insurers Clamp Down on Clients' Self-Attestation of Security Controls
-Survey Shows CISOs Losing Confidence in Ability to Stop Ransomware Attacks
-MFA Fatigue: Hackers’ New Favourite Tactic In High-Profile Breaches
-Credential Stuffing Accounts For One-third Of Global Login Attempts, Okta Finds
-Ransomware Operators Might Be Dropping File Encryption In Favour Of Corrupting Files
-Revolut Hack Exposes Data Of 50,000 Users, Fuels New Phishing Wave
-Researchers Say Insider Threats Play A Larger Role In Security Incidents
-SMBs vs. Large Enterprises: Not All Compromises Are Created Equal
-Cyber Attack Costs for Businesses up by 80%
-Morgan Stanley Fined $35m By SEC For Data Security Lapse, Sold Devices Full of Customer PII
-Eyeglass Reflections Can Leak Information During Video Calls
-Uber Says It Was Likely Hacked by Teenage Hacker Gang LAPSUS$
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 August 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 August 2022:
-Lloyd's to Exclude Certain Nation-State Attacks from Cyber Insurance Policies
-Cyber Security Top Risk for Enterprise C-Suite Leaders, PwC Study Says
-Apathy Is Your Company's Biggest Cyber Security Vulnerability — Here's How to Combat It
-The World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Warns Cyber Security Is Top Concern as Attacks on Banks and Financial Services Double
-Configuration Errors to Blame for 80% of Ransomware
-Ransomware Surges to 1.2 Million Attacks Per Month
-A Massive Hacking Campaign Stole 10,000 Login Credentials From 130 Different Organisations
-This Company Paid a Ransom Demand. Hackers Leaked Its Data Anyway
-Sophisticated BEC Scammers Bypass Microsoft 365 Multi-Factor Authentication
-77% Of Security Leaders Fear We’re in Perpetual Cyber War from Now On
-Cyber Security Governance: A Path to Cyber Maturity
-The Rise of Data Exfiltration and Why It Is a Greater Risk Than Ransomware
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 July 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 July 2022
-1 in 3 Employees Don’t Understand Why Cyber Security Is Important
-As Companies Calculate Cyber Risk, The Right Data Makes a Big Difference
-Only 25% Of Organizations Consider Their Biggest Threat to Be from Inside the Business
-The Global Average Cost of a Data Breach Reaches an All-Time High of $4.35 Million
-Race Against Time: Hackers Start Hunting for Victims Just 15 Minutes After a Bug Is Disclosed
-Ransomware-as-a-Service Groups Forced to Change Tack as Payments Decline
-Phishers Targeted Financial Services Most During H1 2022
-HR Emails Dupe Employees the Most – KnowBe4 research reveals
-84% Of Organizations Experienced an Identity-Related Breach In The Past 18 Months
-Economic Downturn Raises Risk of Insiders Going Rogue
-5 Trends Making Cyber Security Threats Riskier and More Expensive
-Ransomware: Publicly Reported Incidents Are Only the Tip of the Iceberg
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 April 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 April 2022
-Nearly Two-Thirds of Ransomware Victims Paid Ransoms Last Year, Finds "2022 Cyberthreat Defense Report"
-New Android Banking Malware Remotely Takes Control of Your Device
-Network Intrusion Detections Skyrocketing
-Organisations Underestimating the Seriousness Of Insider Threats
-Watch Out For Phishing Emails From Genuine Mailing Lists, Following Mailchimp Hack
-SpringShell Attacks Target About One in Six Vulnerable Orgs
-New Threat Group Underscores Mounting Concerns Over Russian Cyber Threats
-Consumer Fraud Tripled in The Last Two Years
-Borat RAT: Multiple Threat of Ransomware, DDoS and Spyware
-Bank Had No Firewall License, Intrusion or Phishing Protection – Guess The Rest
-Global APT Groups Use Ukraine War for Phishing Lures
-Paying Ransom Doesn’t Guarantee Data Recovery
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 March 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 March 2022:
-Morgan Stanley Client Accounts Breached in Social Engineering Attacks
-Ransomware Is Scary, But Another Scam Is Costing Victims Much, Much More
-Phishing Kits Constantly Evolve to Evade Security Software
-Ransomware Payments, Demands Rose Dramatically in 2021
-7 Suspected Members of LAPSUS$ Hacker Gang, Aged 16 to 21, Arrested in UK
-Here's How Fast Ransomware Encrypts Files
-HEAT Attacks: A New Class of Cyber Threats Organisations Are Not Prepared For
-The Cyber Warfare Predicted In Ukraine May Be Yet To Come
-The Three Russian Cyber Attacks The West Most Fears
-Do These 8 Things Now To Boost Your Security Ahead Of Potential Russian Cyber Attacks
-Cyber Crime Victims Suffered Losses of Over $6.9B in 2021 in the US Alone
-Expanding Threat Landscape: Cyber Criminals Attacking from All Sides
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 March 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 March 2022
-Guernsey Cyber Security Warning For Islanders And Businesses
-CISOs Face 'Perfect Storm' Of Ransomware And State-Supported Cyber Crime
-Four Key Risks Exacerbated By Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
-These Four Types Of Ransomware Make Up Nearly Three-Quarters Of Reported Incidents
-Critical Infrastructure Threat as Ransomware Groups Target 'Enemies of Russia'
-Cyber Insurance War Exclusions Loom Amid Ukraine Crisis
-Zelenskyy Deepfake Crude, But Still Might Be A Harbinger Of Dangers Ahead
-Cyber Crooks’ Political In-Fighting Threatens the West
-Cloud-Based Email Threats Surge 50% in 2021
-Millions of New Mobile Malware Strains Blitzed Enterprise in 2021
-UK Criminal Defence Lawyer Hadn't Patched When Ransomware Hit
-Russian Ransomware Gang Retool Custom Hacking Tools Of Other APT Groups
-The Massive Impact of Vulnerabilities In Critical Infrastructure
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 November 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 November 2021
-500 Million Attempted Ransomware Attacks (So Far) in 2021, With No Sign Of Slowing
-Top 10 Ways Attackers Are Increasing Pressure On Their Ransomware Victims To Pay
-40% Of Organisations Suffered A Cloud-Based Data Breach In The Past 12 Months
-Midsize Business Cyber Attacks: A Security Reality Check
-70% Of Dev Teams Admit To Skipping Security Steps
-79% Of IT Teams Have Seen Increase In Endpoint Security Breaches
-Enterprises With Subsidiaries More Prone To Cyber Attacks, Study Says
-Cisco Talos Reports New Variant Of Babuk Ransomware Targeting Exchange Servers
-Ransomware Gangs Target Corporate Financial Activities
-Web Of Deceit: The Rising Threat Of Ransomware
-While Businesses Are Ramping Up Their Risk Mitigation Efforts, They Could Be Doing More
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 06 August 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 06 August 2021:
-Ransomware Volumes Hit Record High
-Ransomware Gangs Recruiting Insiders To Breach Corporate Networks
-More Than 12,500 Vulnerabilities Disclosed In First Half Of 2021
-New DNS Vulnerability Allows 'Nation-State Level Spying' On Companies
-Constant Review Of Third Party Security Critical As Ransomware Threat Climbs
-Kaseya Ransomware Attack Sets Off Race To Hack Service Providers
-Joint UK/US Advisory Detailing Top 30 Vulnerabilities Include Plenty Of Usual Suspects
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 July 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 July 2021: Many Workers Ignore Security Risks To Maximize Productivity; Financial Services Accounting For Nearly 40% Of All Phishing URLs; Half Of Organisations Are Ineffective At Countering Phishing And Ransomware Threats; 36% Of Organisations Suffered A Serious Cloud Security Data Leak Or A Breach In The Past Year; HP Finds 75% Of Threats Were Delivered By Email In First Six Months Of 2021