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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 September 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 September 2021

-Ransomware Attacks Soar 288% in H1 2021

-Ransomware Costs Expected To Reach $265 Billion By 2031

-Brute Force Email Attacks and Account Takeover Attempts Rise 671%, Reaching Unprecedented Levels, Causing Financial And Reputational Damage

-Investigation Into Hacked "Map" Of UK Gun Owners

-Eight US Financial Services Firms Given Six-Figure Fines Over BEC Data Breaches

-Ransomware Has Been A ‘Game Changer’ For Cyber Insurance

-WhatsApp hit with $267 million GDPR fine for bungling user privacy disclosure

-Microsoft Warns About Open Redirect Phishing Campaign

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 July 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 July 2021: 40% Fell Victim To A Phishing Attack In The Past Month; Traditional Ransomware Defences Are Failing Businesses; The Number Of Employees Going Around IT Security May Surprise You; 740 Ransomware Victims Named On Data Leak Sites In Q2 2021; A More Dynamic Approach Is Needed To Tackle Today’s Evolving Cyber Security Threats; Law Firm For Ford, Boeing, Exxon, Marriott, Walgreens, And More Hacked In Ransomware Attack; UK And Allies Accuse China Of 'Reckless' Cyber Extortion And Microsoft Hack; Even after Emotet takedown, Office docs deliver 43% of all malware downloads now; Gun owners' fears after firearms dealer data breach

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 June 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 June 2021: BEC Losses Top $1.8B As Tactics Evolve; 30M Dell Devices At Risk For Remote BIOS Attacks, Remote Code Exploits; Bad Employee Behaviours Picked Up During Remote Working Pose Serious Security Risks; Ways Technical Debt Increases Security Risk; Orgs Ill-Equipped To Deal With Growing BYOD Security Threats; Firewall Manufacturer Sees 226.3 Million Ransomware Attack Attempts This Year; Ransomware Criminals Look To Other Hackers To Provide Them With Network Access

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 April 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 April 2021: 61% Of Employees Fail Basic Cyber Security Quiz; More Than 1,900 Hacking Groups Active Today; Ransomware Crisis Worsens; Enterprise Security Attackers Are One Password Away From Your Worst Day; Microsoft’s April Update Patches 114 Bugs; Nation-State Attacks Targeting Businesses Rise; Criminals Installing Cryptojacking Malware On Unpatched Exchange Servers; Network Vulns Affect Over 100 Million Devices; Brits Still Confused By Multi-Factor Authentication

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Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 24 July 2020: Cyber crime up 23% Over Past Year, Nearly 50% of employees have made a serious security mistake at work, 99.9% of Hacked Microsoft Accounts Don’t Use 2FA

Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 24 July 2020: Cyber crime up 23% Over Past Year, Nearly 50% of employees have made a serious security mistake at work, 99.9% of Hacked Microsoft Accounts Don’t Use 2FA

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With more of us working from home in the Coronavirus crisis, employees need to maintain good cyber hygiene. People behave differently at home, often less alert to information security risks. - video

With more of us working from home in the Coronavirus crisis, employees need to maintain good cyber hygiene. People behave differently at home, often less alert to information security risks.

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Week in review 13 October 2019: Europol state ransomware dominated in 2019, 11 ways employees can be the weak link in your security, steps firms should take to improve their incident response strategy

Week in review 13 October 2019: Europol state ransomware dominated in 2019, 11 ways employees can be the weak link in your security, steps firms should take to improve their incident response strategy

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