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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 April 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 05 April 2024:
-Corporations with Effective Cyber Governance Create 4 Times More Value, Boosting Shareholder Returns
-Ransomware Incidents Reported to UK Financial Regulator Doubled
-Half of British SMEs Have Lost Data in Past Five Years: Threat Indicators Show 2024 Already Promising to be Worse Than 2023
-Researchers Report Sevenfold Increase in Data Theft Cases, as 17 billion Personal Records Exposed in Breaches in 2023
-AI Abuse and Misinformation Campaigns Threaten Financial Institutions
-Security Teams are ‘Overconfident’ About Handling Next-Gen Threats
-AI Makes Phishing Attacks Accessible to Basic Users
-Cyber Attacks Wreaking Physical Disruption on the Rise
-73% Brace for Cyber Security Impact on Business in Next Two Years
-To Stay Ahead of Ransomware Businesses Need to Adopt An Offensive Security Mindset
-Cyber Security Imperative for Protecting Executives
-The Increasing Role of Cyber Security Experts in Complex Legal Disputes
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 March 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 29 March 2024:
-Only 3% of Organisations Globally are Fully Prepared for Cyber Threats
-China Cyber Attacks a Reminder Beijing Poses ‘Constant and Sophisticated’ Threat to Western Cyber Security
-Companies With Advanced Cyber Security Performance Deliver Nearly Four Times’ Higher Shareholder Return Than Their Peers
-Hackers Hit High-Risk Individuals’ Personal Accounts
-Cyber Security Threats in International Relations: Are We Prepared for a Digital Pearl Harbour?
-High Net Worths Urged to Improve Digital Hygiene in Fight Against Cyber Crime
-Key Lessons from Microsoft’s Password Spray Hack: Secure Every Account
-Mitigating Third-Party Risk Requires a Collaborative, Thorough Approach
-IT Leaders Struggle to Keep up With Emerging Threats, as 92% of IT Leaders Say Cyber Threats Are on the Rise, 51% See AI Attacks for the First Time
-Only 5% of Boards Have Cyber Security Expertise
-Google’s New AI Search Results Promotes Sites Pushing Malware and Scams
-Report Calls Out Cyber Risks to Financial Sector Fuelled by AI
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 October 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 13 October 2023:
-Small Businesses Hit by Frequent Cyber Attacks as 90% of CISOs Faced at least One Attack Last Year
-The Most Effective Cyber Attacks Never Touch Your Organisation's Firewall, HR’s Role in Defending the Organisation
-Ransomware Infection Times Fall from 5 Days to 5 Hours
-80% of Security Leaders See AI as the Biggest Threat to Business
-Is Your Board Cyber-Ready?
-Cyber Security Should Be a Business Priority for CEOs
-The Looming Threat of a Single Phishing Click to Your Business
-40% of Organisations Leave Ransomware to IT
-Auditors Growing Concern About Cyber Security
-The Cyber Villains Are Getting Bolder: Businesses Need to Up Their Game
-Preparing for the Unexpected: A Proactive Approach to Operational Resilience
-Staggering Losses to Social Media and Social Engineering Since 21, as Victims Take $2.7 Billion Hit in US Alone
-Organisations Grapple with Detection and Response Despite Rising Security Budgets
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 6 October 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 06 October 2023:
-Many Cyber Attacks Begin by Breaking Human Trust
-BYOD Should Stand for Bring Your Own Disaster, According to Microsoft Ransomware Data
-SME Cyber Security Knowledge Gap Widens
-UK Security Budgets Under Strain as Cyber Incidents Soar
-Cyber Leaders’ Confidence in Their Organisation’s Defences Plummets, But Costs Mount
-FBI Warns of Dual Ransomware as Data Destruction Dwell Times Hit Low of 24 Hours
-Tech-Savvy Young Workers Might Be the Biggest Cyber Liability to Your Business
-Half of Cyber Security Professionals Report Increase in Cyber Attacks, with 60% of Attacks Going Unreported
-Global Cyber Survey Finds 50% Rise in Cyber Insurance Premiums
-Evolving Conversations: Cyber Security as a Business Risk
-Threats in Cloud Top the List of Executive Cyber Concerns
-Over Half of Phishing Emails Now Use Obfuscation Tactics to Avoid Detection
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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18th August 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 18 August 2023:
-Ransomware Group Targeting MSPs Worldwide in New Campaign
-As Ransomware Surges, A lack of Resources Makes SMBs Most Vulnerable
-Business Email Compromise Attack Costs Far Exceeding Ransomware Losses
-Email Phishing Remains the Main Entry for Cyber Criminals; People with Six Personality Traits are More Susceptible
-Gartner Study Finds Generative AI to be a Top Emerging Risk for Organisations
-LinkedIn Suffers Significant Wave of Account Hacks
-High Net-Worth Families are at Risk of Cyber Crime
-Cyber Attack Rule Raises Insurance Risks for Corporate Officers
-PSNI and UK Voter Breaches Show Data Security Should be Taken More Seriously
-The Imperative of Cyber Preparedness: The Power of Tabletop Exercises
-Why Are Phones a Cyber Security Weak Spot?
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 May 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 May 2023:
-79% of Cyber Pros Make Decisions Without Threat Intelligence
-61% of Business Leadership Overlook the Role of Cyber Security as a Business Enabler and as being Key to Business Success
-Risk Managers Warn Cyber Insurance Could Become ‘Unviable Product’
-Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: Don’t Give up on Cyber Security
-AI Has Been Dubbed a 'Nuclear' Threat to Cyber Security, but It Can Also Be Used for Defence
-Paying Cyber Hijackers’ Ransoms Doubles Cost of Recovery, Sophos Study Shows
-Majority of US, UK CISOs Unable to Protect Company 'Secrets'
-Company Executives Can’t Afford to Ignore Cyber Security Anymore
-BEC Campaign via Israel Spotted Targeting Multinational Companies
-CISOs Worried About Personal Liability for Breaches
-UK, US and International Allies Uncover Russian Snake Malware Network in 50+ Countries
-Plug-and-Play Microsoft 365 Phishing Tool 'Democratizes' Attack Campaigns
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 March 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 March 2023:
-Almost Half of IT Leaders Consider Security as an Afterthought
-Over $10bn Lost To Online Frauds, with Pig Butchering and Investment Scams Accounting for $3B, Overtaking BEC – FBI Report Says
-Over 721 Million Passwords Were Leaked in 2022
-How Much of a Cyber Security Risk are Suppliers?
-90% of £5m+ Businesses Hit by Cyber Attacks
-Rushed Cloud Migrations Result in Escalating Technical Debt
-17 European Nations Targeted by Russia in 2023 as Espionage Ramping Up
-Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale Use of Phishing Kits
-BEC Volumes Double on Phishing Surge
-The Risk of Pasting Confidential Company Data in ChatGPT
-Ransomware Attacks have Entered a New Phase
-MI5 Launches New Agency to Tackle State-Backed Attacks
-Why Cyber Awareness Training is an Ongoing Process
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 March 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 March 2023:
-Business Email Compromise Attacks Can Take Just Hours
-Research Reveals ‘Password’ is Still the Most Common Term used by Hackers to Breach Enterprise Networks
-Just 10% of Firms Can Resolve Cloud Threats in an Hour
-MSPs in the Crosshair of Ransomware Gangs
-Stolen Credentials Increasingly Empower the Cyber Crime Underground
-It’s Time to Assess the Potential Dangers of an Increasingly Connected World
-Mounting Cyber Threats Mean Financial Firms Urgently Need Better Safeguards
-Developers Leaked 10m Credentials Including Passwords in 2022
-Cyber Threat Detections Surges 55% In 2022
-European Central Bank Tells Banks to Run Cyber Stress Tests after Rise in Hacker Attacks
-Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Business Data to ChatGPT
-Is Ransomware Declining? Not So Fast Experts Say
-Preventing Corporate Data Breaches Starts With Remembering That Leaks Have Real Victims
-Faced With Likelihood of Ransomware Attacks, Businesses Still Choosing to Pay Up
-Experts See Growing Need for Cyber Security Workers as One in Six Jobs go Unfilled
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 February 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 February 2023:
-Companies Banned from Paying Hackers After Attacks on Royal Mail and Guardian
-Fraud Set to Be Upgraded as a Threat to National Security
-98% of Attacks are Not Reported by Employees to their Employers
-UK Second Most Targeted Nation Behind America for Ransomware
-Financial Institutions are Suffering from Increasingly Sophisticated Cyber Attacks
-An Email Attack Can End Up Costing You Over $1 Million
-Cyber Crime Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
-Surge of Swatting Attacks Targets Corporate Executive and Board Members
-Phishing Surges Ahead, as ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence Loom
-Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group is Only Getting Started, Experts Warn
-Crypto Investors Lost Nearly $4 Billion to Hackers in 2022
-PayPal and Twitter Abused in Turkey Relief Donation Scams
-Mysterious Leak of Booking.com Reservation Data is Being Used to Scam Customers
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 January 2023:
-Experts at Davos 2023 Call for a Global Response to the Gathering 'Cyber Storm'
-Cost of Data Breaches to Global Businesses at Five-Year High
-European Data Protection Authorities Issue Record €2.92 Billion In GDPR Fines, an Increase of 168%
-PayPal Accounts Breached in Large-Scale Credential Stuffing Attack
-Royal Mail Boss to Face MPs’ Questions Over Russian Ransomware Attack
-Third-Party Risk Management: Why 2023 Could be the Perfect Time to Overhaul your TPRM Program
-EU Cyber Resilience Regulation Could Translate into Millions in Fines
-Russian Hackers Try to Bypass ChatGPT's Restrictions for Malicious Purposes
-New Report Reveals CISOs Rising Influence
-ChatGPT and its Perilous Use as a "Force Multiplier" for Cyber Attacks
-Mailchimp Discloses a New Security Breach, the Second One in 6 Months
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 December 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 December 2022:
-Cyber Attacks Set to Become ‘Uninsurable’, Says Zurich Chief
-Your Business Should Compensate for Modern Ransomware Capabilities Right Now
-Reported Phishing Attacks Have Quintupled
-Ransomware, DDoS See Major Upsurge Led by Upstart Hacker Group
-Videoconferencing Worries Grow, With SMBs in Cyber Attack Crosshairs
-Will the Crypto Crash Impact Cyber Security in 2023? Maybe.
-The Worst Hacks of 2022
-Geopolitical Tensions Expected to Further Impact Cyber Security in 2023
-Fraudsters’ Working Patterns Have Changed in Recent Years
-Hacktivism is Back and Messier Than Ever
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 December 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 December 2022:
-Executives Take More Cyber Security Risks Than Office Workers
-CISO Role is Diversifying from Technology to Leadership & Communication Skills
-How Emerging AIs, Like ChatGPT, Can Turn Anyone into a Ransomware and Malware Threat Actor
-Cyber Security Drives Improvements in Business Goals
-Incoming FCA Chair Says Crypto Firms Facilitate Money Laundering
-Managing Cyber Risk in 2023: The People Element
-What We Can't See Can Hurt Us
-Uber Suffers New Data Breach After Attack on Vendor, Info Leaked Online
-When Companies Compensate the Hackers, We All Foot the Bill
-HSE Cyber-Attack Costs Ireland $83m So Far
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 November 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 November 2022:
-Hackers Hit One Third of Organisations Worldwide Multiple Times
-Firms Spend $1,197 Per Employee Yearly to Address Cyber Attacks
-90% of Organisations have Microsoft 365 Security Gaps
-Luna Moth Phishing Extortion Campaign Targets Businesses in Multiple Sectors
-The Real Cost of Cyber Attacks: What Organisations Should Be Prepared For
-34 Russian Cyber Crime Groups Stole Over 50 Million Passwords with Stealer Malware
-“Password” Continues to Be the Most Common Password in 2022
-Lasts Year’s Massive Twitter Data Breach Was Far Worse Than Reported, Reveal Security Researchers
-European Parliament Declares Russia to be a State Sponsor of Terrorism – then Gets Attacked
-The Changing Nature of Nation-State Cyber Warfare
-Is Your Company Covered for a Cyber Security Attack? That’s the £2 Million Question
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 November 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 November 2022:
-Research Finds Organisations Lack Tools and Teams to Address Cyber Security Threats
-Some 98% of Global Firms Suffer Supply Chain Breach in 2021
-Only 30% of Cyber Insurance Holders Say Ransomware is Covered
-Companies Hit by Ransomware Often Targeted Again, Research Says
-Ransomware Remains Top Cyber Risk for Organisations Globally, Says Allianz
-How Geopolitical Turmoil Changed the Cyber Security Threat Landscape
-Swiss Re Wants Government Bail Out academias Cyber Crime Insurance Costs Spike
-Extortion Economics: Ransomware's New Business Model
-Confidence in Data Recovery Tools Low
-Russia’s Sway Over Criminal Ransomware Gangs Is Coming into Focus
-Insider Risk on the Rise: 12% of Employees Take IP When Leaving Jobs
-Why a Clear Cyber Policy is Critical for Companies