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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 14 June 2023 – June Microsoft Patch Tuesday Addresses 78 Security Issues, 6 Critical Updates

Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 14 June 2023 – June Microsoft Patch Tuesday Addresses 78 Security Issues, 6 Critical Updates

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 April 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 April 2022

-One Tenth of UK Staff Bypass Corporate Security

-Majority Of Data Security Incidents Caused by Insiders

-One-Third of UK Firms Suffer A Cyber Attack Every Week

-Russia's Cyber Criminals Fear Sanctions Will Erase Their Wealth

-86% Of Organisations Believe They Have Suffered a Nation-State Cyber Attack

-Multiple Hacking Groups Are Using the War in Ukraine As A Lure In Phishing Attempts

-4 Ways Attackers Target Humans to Gain Network Access

-Security Incidents Reported to FCA Surge 52% in 2021

-NCSC Suggests Rethinking Russian Supply Chain Risks

-25% Of Workers Lost Their Jobs In The Past 12 Months After Making Cyber Security Mistakes: Report

-Attackers Compromise 94% Of Critical Assets Within Four Steps Of Initial Breach

-UK Spy Chief Warns Russia Looking for Cyber Targets

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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 January 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 January 2022

-Businesses Suffered 50% More Cyber Attack Attempts per Week in 2021

-Cyber Attacks Against MSPs Jump 67%

-SMEs Still An Easy Target For Cyber Criminals

-World Economic Forum: Cyber Security Failures an Increasing Global Threat

-Microsoft Faces Wormable, Critical RCE Bug & 6 Zero-Days

-Russia Arrests REvil Ransomware Gang Responsible for High-Profile Cyber Attacks

-North Korea Hackers Stole $400m Of Cryptocurrency In 2021, Report Says

-No Lights, No Heat, No Money - That's Life In Ukraine During Cyber Warfare

-Ukrainian Police Arrest Five Members Of Ransomware Affiliate

-Fingers Point To Lazarus, Cobalt, Fin7 As Key Hacking Groups Attacking Finance Industry

-Ransomware, Supply Chain, And Deepfakes: The Top Threats The Finance Industry Needs To Prepare For

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 December 2021

-Double Extortion Ransomware Victims Soar 935%

-MI6 Boss: Digital Attack Surface Growing "Exponentially"

-How Phishing Kits Are Enabling A New Legion Of Pro Phishers

-Crooks Are Selling Access To Hacked Networks. Ransomware Gangs Are Their Biggest Customers

-Omicron Phishing Scam Already Spotted in UK

-Phishing Remains the Most Common Cause of Data Breaches, Survey Says

-Ransomware Victims Increase Security Budgets Due To Surge In Attacks

-Control Failures Are Behind A Growing Number Of Cyber Security Incidents

-MI6 Spy Chief Says China, Russia, Iran Top UK Threat List

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 August 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 August 2021:

-SMBs Increasingly Vulnerable To Ransomware, Despite The Perception They Are Too Small To Target

-440% Increase In Phishing

-Users Can Be Just As Dangerous As Hackers

-With Crime-As-A-Service, Anyone Can Be An Attacker

-Move To Cloud Creating Security Blindspots

-Connected Devices Increasingly At Risk Of Ransomware Attacks

-Ransomware Payments Explode Amid ‘Quadruple Extortion’

-Accenture Hit With $50M Ransomware

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 04 June 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 04 June 2021: Cyber Insurers Recoil As Ransomware Attacks ‘Skyrocket’; US Puts Cyber Crime On Par With Terror After Ransomware Attacks; Cyber Attack Leaves 7,000 Out Of Work; Irish Health Service Patient Data Leaked Online; Enterprise Networks Vulnerable To 20-Year-Old Exploits; US Seize Domains Used By SolarWinds Intruders For Spear-Phishing; Hacker Group DarkSide Operates Like A Franchise; Interpol Intercepts $83M Fighting Financial Cyber Crime

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