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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 January 2023:
-Quarter of UK SMBs Hit by Ransomware in 2022
-Global Cyber Attack Volume Surges 38% in 2022
-1 in 3 Organisations Do Not Provide Any Cyber Security Training to Remote Workers Despite the Majority of Employees Having Access to Critical Data
-AI-Generated Phishing Attacks Are Becoming More Convincing
-Customer and Employee Data the Top Prize for Hackers
-Royal Mail hit by Ransomware Attack, Causes ‘Severe Disruption’ to Services
-The Guardian Confirms Personal Information Compromised in Ransomware Attack
-Ransomware Gang Releases Info Stolen from 14 UK Schools, Including Passport Scans
-The Dark Web’s Criminal Minds See Internet of Things as Next Big Hacking Prize
-Corrupted File to Blame for Computer Glitch which Grounded Every US Flight
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 06 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 06 January 2023:
-Cyber War in Ukraine, Ransomware Fears Drive Surge in Demand for Threat Intelligence Tools
-Cyber Premiums Holding Firms to Ransom
-Ransomware Ecosystem Becoming More Diverse For 2023
-Attackers Evolve Strategies to Outmanoeuvre Security Teams
-Building a Security-First Culture: The Key to Cyber Success
-Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Microsoft Flaws Make Up Half of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalogue
-First LastPass, Now Slack and CircleCI. The Hacks Go On (and will likely worsen)
-Data of 235 Million Twitter Users Leaked Online
-16 Car Makers, including BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Kia, Land Rover, Mercedes and Toyota, and Their Vehicles Hacked via Telematics, APIs, Infrastructure
-Ransomware Gang Apologizes, Gives SickKids Hospital Free Decryptor
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 September 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 September 2022
-79% Of Companies Only Invest in Cyber Security After Hacking Incidents
-Nearly Half of Breaches During First Half of 2022 Involved Stolen Credentials
-Outdated Infrastructure Not Up to Today’s Ransomware Challenges
-Ghost Data Increases Enterprise Business Risk
-Detected Cyber Threats Surge 52% in 1H 2022
-An Interview with Initial Access Broker Wazawaka: ‘There Is No Such Money Anywhere as There is in Ransomware’
-Cyber Crime Underground More Dangerous Than Organisations Realize
-New Ransomware Group BianLian Activity Exploding
-Can Your Passwords Withstand Threat Actors’ Dirty Tricks?
-Ransomware Gangs’ Favourite Targets
-Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms
-Organisations Are Spending Billions on Malware Defence That’s Easy to Bypass
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 June 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 June 2022:
-The NCSC Sets Out the UK’s Cyber Threat Landscape
-We're Now Truly in The Era of Ransomware as Pure Extortion Without the Encryption
-5 Social Engineering Assumptions That Are Wrong
-Gartner: Regulation, Human Costs Will Create Stormy Cyber Security Weather Ahead
-Ransomware Attacks - This Is the Data That Cyber Criminals Really Want to Steal
-Cloud Email Threats Soar 101% in a Year
-80% of Firms Suffered Identity-Related Breaches in Last 12 Months
-After Being Breached Once, Many Companies Are Likely to Be Hit Again
-Do You Have Ransomware Insurance? Look at the Fine Print
-The Price of Stolen Info: Everything on Sale On The Dark Web
-How Companies Are Prioritizing Infosec and Compliance
-Businesses Risk ‘Catastrophic Financial Loss’ from Cyber Attacks, US Watchdog Warns
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 February 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 February 2022
-Britain Warns of Cyber Attacks as Russia-Ukraine Crisis Escalates
-Ransomware Extortion Doesn't Stop After Paying The Ransom
-Ukraine Calls For Volunteer Hackers To Protect Its Critical Infrastructure And Spy On Russian Forces
-Study: UK Firms Most Likely To Pay Ransomware Hackers
-Conti Ransomware Group Announces Support of Russia, Threatens Retaliatory Attacks
-91% of UK Organisations Compromised by an Email Phishing Attack in 2021
-Almost 100,000 New Mobile Banking Trojan Strains Detected In 2021
-Anonymous Collective Has Hacked The Russian Defence Ministry And Leaked The Data Of Its Employees In Response To The Ukraine Invasion
-Email Remains Go-To Method for Cyber Attacks, Phishing Research Report Finds
-The Future of Cyber Insurance
-Businesses Are at Significant Risk of Cyber Security Breaches Due to Immature Security Hygiene and Posture Management Practices
-Microsoft Teams Is The New Frontier For Phishing Attacks
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 December 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 December 2021
-Cyber Criminals Shifting Focus: IT Sector Most Targeted In 2021
-Log4j Flaw: Attackers Are 'Actively Scanning Networks' Warns New Guidance, Joint Advisory from Cyber Agencies in US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom
-New Ransomware Variants Flourish Amid Law Enforcement Actions
-93% of Tested Networks Vulnerable to Breach, Pen Testers Find
-Dridex Malware Trolls Employees With Fake Job Termination Emails
-More Than 35,000 Java Packages Impacted By Log4j Flaw, Google Warns
-Conti Ransomware Gang Has Full Log4Shell Attack Chain
-Second Ransomware Family Exploiting Log4j Spotted In US, Europe
-Threat actors steal $80 million per month with fake giveaways, surveys
-Microsoft Teams might have a few serious security issues
-The Future of Work Has Changed, and Your Security Mindset Needs to Follow
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 October 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 October 2021
-Protect Your Passwords, Warns Spy Chief, As Ransomware Cyber Attacks Double
-Graff Multinational Jeweller Hit by Conti Gang, Data of its Rich Clients Are At Risk
-Business Email Compromise (BEC) Costs UK Firms £140M Over Past Year
-Ransomware: It's A 'Golden Era' For Cyber Criminals - And It Could Get Worse Before It Gets Better
-Despite Increased Cyber Threats, Many Organisations Have No Defence Plans In Place
-Serious Warning Issued For Millions Of Apple iPhone Users
-Ransomware Attacks Are Evolving. Your Security Strategy Should, Too
-Solarwinds Hackers Are Targeting The Global It Supply Chain, Microsoft Says
-Defenders Worry Orgs Are More Vulnerable Than Last Year