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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 March 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 08 March 2024:
-FBI Reports Cyber Crime Losses Reached $12.5 billion in 2023, Ransomware Losses Surged by 74%, Average Ransomw Demand Reaching $600k
-Capita Plans £100 Million in Cost Cuts as it Continues to Grapple With 2023 Cyber Attack, Resulting in Significant Job Losses
-Employment Law Firm Sues IT Company Over Ransomware Attack
-Stolen Passwords are a Hacker Goldmine
-Phishing Attacks Up 40 Percent in 2023; Attackers Leverage Social Engineering for Greater Success
-Business Leaders Don’t Even Know They’ve Been Hacked
-Rising Cyber Security Risks: Insider Threat Main Concern Among Mid-Market Firms
-Security Risks Plague SMEs in Shift to Remote Working
-After Collecting $22 Million, Ransomware Group Stages FBI Takedown
-Cyber Attacks Remain Chief Concern for Businesses
-Two New Ransomware Groups Join Forces to Launch Joint Attacks
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 January 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 19 January 2024:
-World Economic Forum and UN Warn of Growing ‘Cyber Insecurity’ Amid Heightened Threat Landscape
-Cyber Attacks Reveal Fragility of Financial Markets as Attacks on Financial Services Sector Surge
-Researcher Uncovers One of The Biggest Password Dumps in Recent History
-Email Nightmare: 94% of Firms Hit by Phishing Attacks in 2023
-75% of Organisations Hit by Ransomware in 2023
-The Dangers of Quadruple Blow Ransomware Attacks
-Human Error and Insiders Expose Millions in UK Law Firm Data Breaches
-It’s a New Year and a Good Time for a Cyber Security Checkup
-Applying the Tyson Principle to Cyber Security: Why Attack Simulations are Key to Avoiding Disaster
-Cyber Threats Top Global Business Risk Concern for 2024
-Generative AI has CEOs Worried About Cyber Security, PwC Survey Says
-With Attacks on the Upswing, Cyber Insurance Premiums Poised to Rise Too
-Digital Resilience – a Step Up from Cyber Security
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 January 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 12 January 2024:
-Boardrooms on Notice: Cyber Security Oversight More Important Than Ever
-Ransomware Incidents Reported to UK Financial Regulator Doubled in 2023
-Businesses Can’t Survive Without Their IT Systems – and They’re Under Attack More Than Ever
-Cyber Insecurity and Misinformation Top WEF Global Risk List
-Why Effective Cyber Security and Risk Management are Crucial for Business Growth
-The Cost of Dealing with a Cyber Attack Doubled Last Year
-Merck Settles NotPetya Insurance Claim – Leaving Cyber Warfare Definition Unresolved
-Mandiant, SEC Lose Control of X Accounts Without 2FA
-If you Prepare, a Data Security Incident Should Not Cause an Existential Crisis
-82% of Companies Struggle to Manage Security Exposure, with 28,000 New Vulnerabilities Reported Last Year
-Cyber Security is the Number One Priority for the Financial Sector Again
-Cyber Crime Marketplaces Soar in 2024: All Threats Now Available ‘As-a-Service’
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 October 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 October 2022:
-Gen Z, Millennials Really Doesn't Care About Workplace Cyber Security
-Supply Chain Attacks Increased Over 600% This Year and Companies Are Falling Behind
-Cyber-Enabled Crimes Are Biggest Police Concerns
-List of Common Passwords Accounts for Nearly All Cyber Attacks
-Shared Responsibility or Shared Fate? Decentralized IT Means We Are All Cyber Defenders
-Ukraine War Cuts Ransomware as Kremlin Co-Opts Hackers
-96% Of Companies Report Insufficient Security for Sensitive Cloud Data
-Your Microsoft Exchange Server Is a Security Liability
-Are Cyber Security Vendors Pushing Snake Oil?
-Ransomware Preparedness, What Are You Doing Wrong?
-NSA Cybersecurity Director's Six Takeaways from the War in Ukraine
-Microsoft Confirms Server Misconfiguration Led to 65,000+ Companies' Data Leak
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 August 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 August 2022
-Three Ransomware Gangs Consecutively Attacked the Same Network
-As The Cost of Cyber Insurance Rises, The Number of Organisations Who Can’t Afford It Is Set to Double
-Identity Cyber Attacks, Microsoft 365 Dominate Cybersecurity Incidents, Expel Research Finds
-Exploit Activity Surges 150% in Q2 Thanks to Log4Shell
-Ransomware Is Not Going Anywhere: Attacks Are Up 24%
-Email Is the Single Biggest Threat to Businesses, And Here’s What You Can Do About It
-Realtek SDK Vulnerability Exposes Routers from Many Vendors to Remote Attacks
-Most Companies Are at An Entry-Level When It Comes to Cloud Security
-The Impact of Exploitable Misconfigurations on Network Security
-Industrial Spy Ransomware: New Threat Group Emerges to Exfiltrate Data, Extort Victims
-UK NHS Service Recovery May Take a Month After MSP Ransomware Attack
-A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 August 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 August 2022
-Average Cost of Data Breaches Hits Record High of $4.35 Million: IBM
-Researchers Warns of Large-Scale Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) Attacks Targeting Enterprise Users
-UK NHS Suffers Outage After Cyber Attack on Managed Service Provider
-A Third of Organisations Experience a Ransomware Attack Once a Week
-Ransomware Products, Services Ads on Dark Web Show Clues to Danger
-Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing, How Malware Tricks Users and Antivirus
-Microsoft Accounts Targeted with New MFA-Bypassing Phishing Kit
-Cyber Attack Prevention Is Cost-Effective, So Why Aren’t Businesses Investing to Protect?
-Securing Your Move to the Hybrid Cloud
-Lessons from the Russian Cyber Warfare Attacks
-Four Sneaky Attacker Evasion Techniques You Should Know About
-Zero-Day Defence: Tips for Defusing the Threat
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 July 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 July 2022
-Insurer Refuses to Pay Out After Victim Misrepresented Their Cyber Controls
-5 Cyber Security Questions CFOs Should Ask CISOs
-The Biggest Cyber Attacks in 2022 So Far — and it’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg
-Malware-as-a-Service Creating New Cyber Crime Ecosystem
-The Rise and Continuing Popularity of LinkedIn-Themed Phishing
-Microsoft Teams Default Settings Leave Organisations Open to Cyber Attacks
-Top 10 Cyber Security Attacks of Last Decade Show What is to Come
-Software Supply Chain Concerns Reach C-Suite
-EU Warns of Russian Cyber Attack Spillover, Escalation Risks
-Critical Flaws in GPS Tracker Enable “Disastrous” and “Life-Threatening” Hacks
-Russian Hackers Behind Solarwinds Breach Continue to Scour US And European Organisations for Intel, Researchers Say
-The Next Big Security Threat Is Staring Us in The Face. Tackling It Is Going to Be Tough
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 October 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 October 2021
-Half of Regulated Firms See Pandemic Spike in Financial Crime
-Large Ransom Demands And Password-Guessing Attacks Escalate
-How Insurers Play a Big Role in Spurring Cyber Crime
-How Fraudsters Can Use The Forgotten Details Of Your Online Life To Reel You In
-Malicious Hackers Are Exploiting Known Vulnerabilities Because Organisations Aren’t Quick Enough To Patch – Report
-Ransomware: Cyber Criminals Are Still Exploiting These Old Vulnerabilities, So Patch Now
-Why Today’s Cyber Security Threats Are More Dangerous
-One In Three IT Security Managers Don’t Have A Formal Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan
-Cyber Security Best Practices Lagging, Despite People Being Aware Of The Risks