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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 May 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 17 May 2024:
-Social Engineering is the Biggest Cyber Threat as Study Finds Most Workers Have Clicked on a Suspicious Email Link
-Business Leaders are Stressing Out Over Pace of Technological Change, as Cyber Security Incidents Seen as Main Business Disruptor
-ICO Warns That Many UK Businesses Neglect Basic Cyber Security: More Ransomware and Cyber Attacks Last Year Than Ever Before
-Data Breaches are Getting Worse, Many are Employee Errors or Social Engineering Attacks
-Why Cyber Insurance isn’t a Substitute for Cyber Risk Management
-China Presents Defining Challenge to Global Cyber Security, Says GCHQ
-Botnet Sent Millions of Emails in LockBit Black Ransomware Campaign
-Global Financial Stability at Risk Due to Cyber Threats, IMF warns
-Ongoing Campaign Bombards Enterprises with Spam Emails and Phone Calls
-Santander Data Breach via Third-Party Provider Impacted Customers and Employees
-40% of Cyber Teams Have Held Back from Reporting Cyber Attacks Over Fear of Losing Jobs
-Digital Resilience – a Step Up from Cyber Security
-UK Lags Europe on Exploited Vulnerability Remediation
-Cyber Threats Demand More Focus Says Zurich, as UK Insurance And NCSC Join Forces to Fight Ransomware Payments
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 March 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 March 2023:
-Majority of SMBs Lack Dedicated Cyber Experts and Cyber Incident Response Plans
-Controlling Third-Party Data Risk Should Be a Top Cyber Security Priority
-IT Security Spending to Reach Nearly $300 Billion by 2026
-2023 Cyber Security Maturity Report Reveals Organisational Unpreparedness for Cyber Attacks
-Board Cyber Shortage: Don’t Get Caught Swimming Naked
-Should Your Organisation Be Worried About Insider Threats?
-UK Ransomware Incident Volumes Surge 17% in 2022
-Financial Industry Hit by Rising Ransomware Attacks and BEC
-55 zero-day Flaws Exploited Last Year Show the Importance of Security Risk Management
-Security Researchers Spot $36m BEC Attack
-New Victims Come Forward After Mass Ransomware Attack
-Ransomware Gangs’ Harassment of Victims is Increasing
-Wartime Hacktivism is Spilling Over Into the Financial Services Industry
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 January 2023:
-Supply Chain Attacks Caused More Data Compromises Than Malware
-What Makes Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Vulnerable to BEC Attacks
-Understanding Your Attack Surface Makes It Easier to Prioritise Technologies and Systems
-Cyber Security Pros Sound Alarm Over Insider Threats
-Ransomware Attack Hit KFC and Pizza Hut Stores in the UK
-Forthcoming SEC Rules Will Trigger ‘Tectonic Shift’ in How Corporate Boards Treat Cyber Security
-Why CISOs Make Great Board Members
-View From Davos: The Changing Economics of Cyber Crime
-Cloud Based Networks Under Increasing Attack, Report Finds
-GoTo Admits: Customer Cloud Backups Stolen Together with Decryption Key
-State-Linked Hackers in Russia and Iran are Targeting UK Groups, NCSC Warns
-3.7 Million Customers’ Data of Hilton Hotels Put Up For Sale
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 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 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