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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 April 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 12 April 2024:

-UK Cyber Breaches Survey Finds Business Falling Short on Cyber, as Half Suffer Breach and Many Fail to Report

-The Cyber Attack Stopped by a Microsoft Engineer Was Scarier Than We Realise

-UK Government Urged to Get on ‘Front Foot’ with Ransomware Instead of ‘Absorbing the Punches’

-74% of Employees Falling Victim to Phishing Attacks Hit with Disciplinary Actions; Egress Reveals

-Why Are Many Businesses Turning to Third-Party Security Partners?

-60% of SMBs and 74% of Businesses with up to 500 Employees are Concerned About Cyber Security as Attacks Rise

-Cyber Attacks Cost Financial Firms $12bn Says IMF

-LastPass: Hackers Targeted Employee in Failed Deepfake CEO Call

-Most Cyber Criminal Threats are Concentrated in Just a Few Countries

-Why Incident Response is the Best Cyber Security ROI

-Ransomware Attacks are the Canaries in the Cyber Coal Mine

-Cyber Security is Crucial, but What is Risk and How do You Assess it?

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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 November 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 03 November 2023:

-Surviving a Ransomware Attack Begins by Acknowledging it’s Inevitable

-Are You and Your Clients Soft Targets?

-Cyber Attacks Cause Revenue Losses in 42% of Small Businesses

-Executives May be The Biggest Risk to Your Business

-Organisations Can Only Stop 57 Percent of Cyber Attacks

-Many Businesses Remain Unprepared for AI as Phishing Attacks Rise 1,265% Since Launch of ChatGPT

-Business Email Compromise is Most Common Entry Point for Cyber Attack

-US Regulator Charges Firm and its CISO For Fraud and Cyber Security Failures

-Companies Scramble to Integrate Immediate Recovery into Ransomware Plans

-Your End-Users are Reusing Passwords, That’s a Big Problem

-Cyber Workforce Demand is Outpacing Supply

-What the Boardroom Is Missing: CISOs

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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 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

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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 05 October 2023 – Apple Release Emergency Patch for Two Zero-day Vulnerabilities, Taking Total to 17 Zero-days So Far in 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 05 October 2023 – Apple Release Emergency Patch for Two Zero-day Vulnerabilities, Taking Total to 17 Zero-days So Far in 2023

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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 31 March 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 March 2023:

-Phishing Emails Up a Whopping 569% in 2022

-The End User Password Mistakes Putting Your Organisation at Risk

-Millions of Penetration Tests Show Companies’ Security Postures are Getting Worse

-71% of Employees Keep Work Passwords on Personal Devices

-Cyber Crime Frontlines in Russia-Ukraine War Move to Eastern and Northern Europe

-Security Flaws Cost Fifth of Executive’s Businesses

-Companies Struggle to Build and Run Effective Programs to Protect Data from Insider Threats

-Only 10% of Workers Remember All Their Cyber Security Training

-Silence Gets You Nowhere in a Data Breach

-Just 1% of Cloud Permissions are Actively Used

-Dangerous Misconceptions About Emerging Cyber Threats

-‘Grim’ Criminal Abuse of ChatGPT is Coming, Europol Warns

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