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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 Advisory – Apple releases patches for actively exploited zero-days across Mac, iPhone and iPad
Black Arrow Cyber Advisory – Apple releases patches for actively exploited zero-days across Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Executive Summary
Apple has released security updates yesterday, 31/03/2022, in response to two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities affecting iPhones, iPads and Mac Computers. One vulnerability allows attackers to execute malicious code with privileged access, while the other allows attackers to read privileged memory on the device. Apple has only released limited information on the vulnerabilities at this time.
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 October 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 October 2021
-The Human Element Is the Weakest Link
-Ransomware is the Biggest Cyber Threat to Business: Most Firms Still Aren't Ready for It
-Most Known Ransomware Targets Windows Devices
-67% of Organisations Have Been Hit by Ransomware at Least Once
-Russian Cyber Crime Gang Targets Finance Firms With Stealthy Macros
-70% of Businesses Can’t Ensure the Same Level of Protection for Every Endpoint
-Over 90% of Firms Suffered Supply Chain Breaches Last Year
-Ransomware Attacks Preparedness Lagging, Despite Organisations Being Aware of The Risks
-6 Things to Know About 'Killware,' Cyber Security's Next Big Threat
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 January 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 January 2021: Phishing Attacks Show High-Ranking Execs ‘Most Valuable Asset’ and ‘Greatest Vulnerability’; Paying Ransomware Funding Organised Crime; Police take down botnet that hacked millions of computers; After SolarWinds Hack, Who Knows What Cyber Dangers We Face; Russian businesses warned of retaliatory cyber attacks; iOS vulns actively exploited; Top Cyber Attacks of 2020