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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 July 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 July 2023:

-Cyber Attacks Reach Two-Year High Amid Ransomware Resurgence as Financial Service Firms Lose $32 Billion in 5 Years

-MOVEit Body Count Closes in on 400 orgs, 20M+ Individuals

-IT Worker Jailed for Impersonating Ransomware Gang to Extort Employer

-Stabilising the Cyber Security Landscape: The CISO Exodus and the Rise of vCISOs

-Risk is Driving Medium-Sized Business Decisions

-Talent and Governance, Not Technology, are Key to Drive Change around Cyber Security

-Hybrid Work, Digital Transformation can Exploit Security Gaps

-Human Cyber-Risk Can Be Demonstrably Mitigated by Behaviour Changing Training

-AI Tool WormGPT Enables Convincing Fake Emails For BEC Attacks

-Pro-Russian Hacktivists Increase Focus on Western Targets

-Infosec Doesn't Know What AI Tools Orgs Are Using

-Google Restricting Internet Access to Some Employees to Reduce Cyber Attack Risk

-Unlocking Business Potential: How CISOs are Transforming Cyber Security into a Strategic Asset

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 April 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 April 2023:

-Almost Half of Former Employees Say Their Passwords Still Work

-Efficient Risk Based Patch Management Means Eliminating Just 2% of Exposures Could Protect 90% of Critical Assets

-Printers Pose Persistent Yet Overlooked Threat

-Employees Are as Likely as Cyber Criminals to Cause Cyber Incidents

-Over 90% of Organisations Find Threat Hunting a Challenge

-75% of Organisations Have Suffered a Cyber Security Breach

-Leak Shows Evolving Russian Cyber War Capabilities

-Outsourced Payroll and HR Services Firm Forced to Shut Down After Cyber Attack

-When a Cyber Criminal Steals Personal Data from Your Organisation What Do You Do and Who Do You Need to Inform?

-Insider Threat and Ransomware: A Growing Issue

-How LockBit Changed Cyber Security Forever

-Hybrid Work Environments Are Stressing CISOs

-Protect Your Data with a USB Condom

-Strategising Cyber Security: Why a Risk-based Approach is Key

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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

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