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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 April 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 12 April 2024:

-UK Cyber Breaches Survey Finds Business Falling Short on Cyber, as Half Suffer Breach and Many Fail to Report

-The Cyber Attack Stopped by a Microsoft Engineer Was Scarier Than We Realise

-UK Government Urged to Get on ‘Front Foot’ with Ransomware Instead of ‘Absorbing the Punches’

-74% of Employees Falling Victim to Phishing Attacks Hit with Disciplinary Actions; Egress Reveals

-Why Are Many Businesses Turning to Third-Party Security Partners?

-60% of SMBs and 74% of Businesses with up to 500 Employees are Concerned About Cyber Security as Attacks Rise

-Cyber Attacks Cost Financial Firms $12bn Says IMF

-LastPass: Hackers Targeted Employee in Failed Deepfake CEO Call

-Most Cyber Criminal Threats are Concentrated in Just a Few Countries

-Why Incident Response is the Best Cyber Security ROI

-Ransomware Attacks are the Canaries in the Cyber Coal Mine

-Cyber Security is Crucial, but What is Risk and How do You Assess it?

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 September 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 01 September 2023:

-66 Percent of Businesses Don't Understand Their Cyber Risks

-Massive Supplier Cyber Breach Puts London’s Metropolitan Police on Red Alert After Officer and Staff Details Hacked

-Pay our Ransom Instead of a GDPR Fine, Cyber Crime Gang Tells Targets, as Attacks Against Small Businesses Ramp Up

-Survey Finds In-house Counsel Cyber Anxiety Skyrocketing

-58% of Malicious Emails Contained Spoofed Content

-Cyber Attacks Remain a Top Concern for Organisations Across All Industries

-BYOD Security Gap: Survey Finds 49% of European Firms Unprotected

-13% of Employees Admit to Falling for Phishing Attacks Working at Home, 9% Would Wait to Report After the Weekend

-Numbers Don't Lie: Exposing the Harsh Truths of Cyber Attacks in New Report

-Kroll’s Breach Highlights SIM-Swapping Risk

-Reducing The Risk of AI, What Can You Do?

-Debunking Popular Cyber Security Myths

-3 Malware Loaders Responsible for 80% of Intrusions

-MOVEit Hack Shows Attackers Still Use Old Tricks

-Barracuda Thought it Drove 0-day Hackers out of Customers’ Networks. It was Wrong

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23rd June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 June 2023:

-How the MOVEit Breach Shows Hackers' Interest in Corporate File Transfer Tools

-Attackers Discovering Exposed Cloud Assets Within Minutes

-Majority of Users Neglect Best Password Practices

-One in Three Workers Susceptible to Phishing

-Ransomware Misconceptions Abound, to the Benefit of Attackers

-Threat Actors Scale and Commoditise Uncommon Tools and Techniques

-Goodbyes are Difficult, IT Offboarding Processes Make Them Harder

-Security Budget Hikes are Missing the Mark, CISOs Say

-Understanding Cyber Resilience: Building a Holistic Approach to Cyber Security

-Emerging Ransomware Group 8Base Releasing Data on SMBs Globally

-Cyber Security Industry Still Fighting to Recruit and Retain Talent

-Financial Firms to Build Resilience in Face of Growing Cyber-Threats

-Fulfilling Expected SEC Requirements for Cyber Security Expertise at Board Level

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 May 2023:

-Triple Threat: Insecure Economy, Cyber Crime Recruitment and Insider Threats

-Insured Companies More Likely to be Ransomware Victims, Sometimes More Than Once

-Ensuring Security Remains/Becomes Everyone’s Responsibility

-Software Supply Chain Attacks Hit 61% of Firms

-More than 2.25 Million Exposed Assets on the Dark Web Tied to Fortune 1000 Employees

-Law Enforcement Crackdowns and New Techniques are Forcing Cyber Criminals to Pivot

-Talking Security Strategy: Why Cyber Security Requires a Seat at the Boardroom Table

-How Incident Response Rehearsals and Readiness Exercises Can Aid Incident Response

-Ransomware’s Real Goals are to Exploit Internet Facing Apps, Mine Intellectual Property and Grab Sensitive Information

-Organisations’ Cyber Resilience Efforts Fail to Keep Up with Evolving Threats

-Fraudsters Send Fake Invoice, Follow Up with Fake Executive Confirmation

-Capita Warns Customers They Should Assume Data was Stolen

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2023:

- Boards Need Better Conversations About Cyber Security

- Uber’s Ex-Security Chief Sentenced for Security Breach

- Global Cyber Attacks Rise by 7% in Q1 2023

- Three-Quarters of Firms Predict Breach in Coming Year

- The Costly Threat That Many Businesses Fail to Address

- European Data at Risk with Tick-box GDPR Compliance and High Cyber Attack Volumes

- Understanding Cyber Threat Intelligence for Business Security

- Hackers Are Finding Ways to Evade Latest Cyber Security Tools

- Study Shows a 27% Spike in Publicly Known Ransomware Victims

- Data Loss Costs Are Going Up – and Not Just for Those Who Choose to Pay Thieves

- Give NotPetya-hit Merck that $1.4B, Appeals Court Tells Insurers

- 4 Ways Leaders Should Re-evaluate Their Cyber Security's Focus

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 April 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 April 2023:

-15 Million Public-Facing Services Vulnerable to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

-New Research Highlights Increased Security Risks Posed by Remote Working and BYOD

-Lack of Security Employees Makes SMBs Sitting Ducks for Cyber Attacks

-IT and Security Pros Pressured to Keep Quiet About Data Breaches

-Phishing Emails are Seeing a Huge Rise, So Stay on Your Guard"

-Ransomware Attacks Skyrocket as Threat Actors Double Down on Global Attacks

-MSPs a Favoured Target of Supply Chain and Infrastructure Attacks

-Fake Ransomware Gang Targets Organisations with Empty Data Leak Threats

-GCHQ Updates Security Guidance for Boards

-More than 60% of Organisations have been Hit with Unplanned Downtime on a Monthly Basis

-For Cyber Crime Gangs, Professionnalisation Comes With “Corporate” Headaches

-UK’s Offensive Hacking Unit Takes on Military Opponents and Terrorist Groups

-Man Kills Himself After an AI Chatbot 'Encouraged' Him to Sacrifice Himself to Stop Climate Change

-Hackers Exploit WordPress Plugin Flaw That Gives Full Control of Millions of Sites

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