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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 January 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 05 January 2024:

-A “Ridiculously Weak“ Password Causes Disaster for Spain’s Number 2 Mobile Carrier

-Russia Kyivstar Hack Should Alarm West, Ukraine Security Chief Warns

-23andMe Tells Victim It’s Their Fault Their Data Was Breached

-Financial Sector Faces More Cyber Attacks Than Other Sectors

-An Innocent-Looking Instagram Trend Could Be a Gift to Hackers

-Cyber Criminals Shared Millions of Stolen Records During Holiday Break

-Law Firm that Handles Data Breaches was Itself Hit by Data Breach

-Nigerian Hacker Arrested for Stealing Millions from Charities

-Cyber Criminals Implemented Artificial Intelligence for Invoice Fraud

-Shadow IT Threatens Corporate Cyber Security, Study Reveals

-Escalating Cyber Threats: Bots, Fraud Farms, and Cryptojacking Surge

-Putin has Declared a Cyber War on Britain

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 October 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 27 October 2023:

-More Companies Adopt Board-Level Cyber Security Committees

-Ransomware Attacks Rise by More Than 95% Over 2022, to All Time High

-Security Still Not a Priority for a Third of SMBs Despite 73% Suffering Cyber Attack Last Year

-More Than 46 Million Potential Cyber Attacks Logged Every Day

-Fighting Cyber Attacks Requires Top-Down Approach

-Email Security Threats are More Dangerous This Year as Over 200 Million Malicious Emails Detected in Q3 2023

-98% of Security Leaders Worry About Risks of Generative AI as Fears Drive Spending

-48% of Organisations Predict Cyber Attack Recovery Could Take Weeks

-Cyber Security Awareness Doesn't Cut It; It's Time to Focus on Behaviour

-How Cyber Security Has Evolved in The Past 20 Years

-Rising Global Tensions Could Portend Destructive Hacks

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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 July 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 July 2023:

-Cyber Attacks Against Mobile Devices Growing Fast

-One Third of Security Breaches Go Unnoticed by Security Professionals

-Cyber Security Experts Have Become Targets for Board Seats

-Phishing Attack Prevention as Email Attacks Surge Over 450%

-Outsmarting Business Email Compromise Scammers

-Small Organisations Face Security Threats on a Limited Budget

-Cloud Security: Sometimes the Risks May Outweigh the Rewards

-Cl0p's MOVEit Campaign Represents a New Era in Cyber Attacks

-75% of Consumers Prepared to Ditch Brands Hit by Ransomware

-Scammers Using AI Voice Technology to Commit Crimes

-What are the Causes of Data Loss and What it the Impact on Your Organisation?

-Ransomware Affiliates, Triple Extortion, and the Dark Web Ecosystem

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 April 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 April 2023:

-March 2023 Broke Ransomware Attack Records with a 91% Increase from the Previous Month

-Organisations Overwhelmed with Cyber Security Alerts, Threats and Attack Surfaces

-One in Three Businesses Faced Cyber Attacks Last Year

-Why Your Anti-Fraud, Identity & Cybersecurity Efforts Should Be Merged

-Tight Budgets and Burnout Push Enterprises to Outsource Cyber Security

-Complex 8 Character Passwords Can Be Cracked in as Little as 5 Minutes

-83% of Organizations Paid Up in Ransomware Attacks

-Security is a Revenue Booster, Not a Cost Centre

-EX-CEO Gets Prison Sentence for Bad Security

-Warning From UK Cyber Agency for a New ‘Class’ of Russian Hackers

-KnowBe4 Q1 Phishing Report Reveals IT and Online Services Emails Drive Dangerous Attack Trend

-Outsourcing Group Capita Admits Customer Data May Have Been Breached During Cyber-Attack

-Outdated Cyber Security Practices Leave Door Open for Criminals

-Quantifying cyber risk vital for business survival

-Recycled Network Devices Exposing Corporate Secrets

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 February 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 February 2022:

-UK, US, Australia Issue Joint Advisory: Ransomware on the Loose, Critical National Infrastructure Affected

-Ransomware Groups and APT Actors Laser-Focused on Financial Services

-Why the C-Suite Should Focus on Understanding Cybersecurity and Investing Appropriately

-Almost $1.3bn Paid to Ransomware Actors Since 2020

-Cyber Crooks Frame Targets by Planting Fabricated Digital Evidence

-Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT) Bypassing Traditional Security Defenses

-LockBit, BlackCat, Swissport, Oh My! Ransomware Activity Stays Strong

-2021 Was The Most Prolific Year On Record For Data Breaches

-$1.3 Billion Lost to Romance Scams in the Past Five Years

-Cyber Security Compliance Still Not A Priority For Many

-The World is Falling Victim to the Growing Trickbot Attacks in 2022

-“We Absolutely Do Not Care About You”: Sugar Ransomware Targets Individuals

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 October 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 October 2021

-Many Organisations Lack Basic Cyber Hygiene Despite High Confidence In Their Cyber Defences

-83% Of Ransomware Victims Paid Ransom: Survey

-Report: Ransomware Affected 72% Of Organizations In Past Year

-Ransomware: Looking For Weaknesses In Your Own Network Is Key To Stopping Attacks

-A Hacker Warns: Give Up Trying To Keep Me Out — And Focus On Your Data

-Cyber Risk Trends Driving The Surge In Ransomware Incidents

-US Ransomware Victims Paid $600 Million to Hackers in 1H of 2021

-Hacking Group Created Fake Cyber Security Companies To Hire Experts And Involve Them In Ransomware Attacks Tricking Them Of Conducting A Pentest

-Nearly Three-Quarters of Organizations Victimized by DNS Attacks in Past 12 Months

-Cyber Crime Matures As Hackers Are Forced To Work Smarter

-Hackers Stealing Browser Cookies to Hijack High-Profile YouTube Accounts

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 December 2020

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 December 2020: The great hack attack - SolarWinds breach exposes big gaps in cyber security; A wake-up for the world on cyber security; White House activates cyber emergency response; US nuclear weapons agency targeted; UK companies targeted; Increasing Risk of Cyber Attacks; millions of users install malicious browser extensions; C19 Vaccines sold on dark web

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