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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 August 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 11 August 2023:

-75% of Organisations Worldwide Set to Ban ChatGPT and Generative AI Apps on Work Devices

-How an Eight-Character Password Could be Cracked in Just a Few Minutes

-Ransomware Victims Surge 143% as Threat Actors Pivot to Zero-Day Exploits

-How Executives’ Personal Devices Threaten Business Security

-77% of Financial Firms Saw an Increase in Cyber Attack Frequency

-Protecting Against Sophisticated Cyber Attacks Requires Layered Defences

-Managing Human Cyber Risks Matters Now More Than Ever

-Hackers are Targeting Top Executives’ Microsoft 365 Accounts to Steal Work Logins

-UK Shaken by Major Data Breaches

-Threat of Cyber Attacks to UK National Security Upgraded: Compared to Chemical Weapons or Nuclear Attack

-Mac Users are Facing More Dangerous Security Threats Than Ever Before

-Cyber Attack to Cost Outsourcing Firm Capita up to £25m

-Government and Public Services Face 40% More Cyber Attacks and Struggle to Protect Due to Lack of Resources

Black Arrow AdminAugust 13, 2023chrome, downfall, apt31, moustachedbomber, bluecharlie, fido2, kemba walden, kubernetes, fraudgpt, gafgyt, openbullet, medicaid, moveit, microsoft 365, colorado department of higher education, new haven, siemens, bnei brak, yashma, clop, wormgpt, chatgpt, macbook, google, evilquest, verizon, proofpoint, evilproxy, electoral commission, police service of norther ireland, data protection and digital information bill, national risk register, capita, black basta, ftse, blackberry, bhusa, cl0p, bankcard, mallox, fortiguard, rhysida, onedrive, rasnake, dallas, lockbitm, varian, zoom, black hat, lastpass, batloader, pyarmour, pypi, vmware vconnector, qakbot, panasonic, zyxel, bairbie.me, pixel, google play, hippa, psni, mi5, burger king, meta, morgan & morgan, tampa, tunnelcrack, irs, ford, owasp, kunernetes, crowdstrike, whatsapp, reptile rootkit, worldcoin, sec, dpid, signal, blue charlie, spacex, victor zhora, kyiv, redhotel, dynarisk, vulngpt, shellshock, darpa, teams, msmq, tetra, tenable, papercut, amd, adobe, dell, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 April 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 April 2023:

- Navigating The Future of Cyber: Business Strategy, Cyber Security Training, and Digital Transformation Are Key

- Shadow IT, SaaS Pose Security Liability for Enterprises

- The Strong Link Between Cyber Threat Intelligence and Digital Risk Protection

- Weak Credentials, Unpatched Vulnerabilities, Malicious Open Source Packages Causing Cloud Security Risks

- Over 70 billion Unprotected Files Available on Unsecured Web Servers

- Cyber Thieves Are Getting More Creative

- Modernising Vulnerability Management: The Move Toward Exposure Management

- Almost Three-quarters of Cyber Attacks Involve Ransomware

- Corporate Boards Pressure CISOs to Step Up Risk Mitigation Efforts

- NSA Sees ‘Significant’ Russian Intel Gathering on European, US Supply Chain Entities

- Email Threat Report 2023: Key Takeaways

- 5 Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques

- Many Public Salesforce Sites are Leaking Private Data

Black Arrow AdminApril 30, 2023deloitte, sophos, ibm, sans, chatgpt, salesforce, capita, papercut, lockbit, cl0p, clop, bumblebee, vopak, point32health, wiltshere, fincantieri, arnold clark, rsac, vmware, esxi, commscope, cdr, whatsapp, google, authenticator, crowdstrike, evilextractor, zaraza, decoy dog, lazarus, rustbucket, evasive panda, pingpull, conti, fin7, minecraft, cryptbot, anonymous sudan, tp-link, cfpb, shields, yellow pages, vantage, irs, kubernetes, metaverse, 3cx, sd worx, ghosttoken, alloy taurus, rtm locker, isc2, hive, strava, dhs, nvidia, secureworks, eurocontrol, simplehelp, tomiris, kimsuky, mint sandstorm, bellaciao, gitlab, wordpress, apc, mozilla, solarwinds, apache, cisco, mirai, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare

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

Black Arrow AdminApril 2, 2023trend micro, clop, lumen, crown resorts, icedid, darkbit, technion university, p&g, fortra, irs, vivern, paypal, google, emotet, voip, macstealer, microsoft defender, tor browser, nullmixer, melofee, redgolf, keyplug, realtek, cacti, alienfox, onenote, nexus, rostec, samsung, tesla, procter & gamble, latitude, toyota, chatgpt, ncb, new york, visa, nca, beazley, 3cx, cloudflare, openssl, tiktok, france, breachforums, clearview, vulkan, earth preta, biden, white house, apt43, telegram, putin, xi, kimsuky, outlook, apple, qnap, bing, ibm, azure, fabrixss, azure sfx, goanywhere, openai, europol, russia, ukraine, byod, lastpass, cloud, saas, virgin group, ios, android, latitude financial, north korea, european parliament, china, winter vivern, api, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, national crime agency, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 September 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 September 2022:

-UK Organisations, Ukraine's Allies Warned of Potential "Massive" Cyber Attacks By Russia

-Cyber Criminals See Allure in BEC Attacks Over Ransomware

-Most Hackers Need 5 Hours or Less to Break Into Enterprise Environments

-Global Firms Deal with 51 Security Incidents Each Day

-Phishing Attacks Crushed Records Last Quarter, Driven by Mobile

-Why Paying the Ransom is Still the Most Common Response to a Ransomware Attack?

-Ransomware Attacks Continue Increasing: 20% of All Reported Attacks Occurred in the Last 12 Months

-More Than Half of Security Pros Say Risks Higher in Cloud Than On Premise

-How To Outsmart Increasingly Complex Cyber Attacks

-Top Issues Driving Cyber Security: Growing Number of Cyber Criminals, Variety of Attacks

-Cyber Threats Top Business Leaders' Biggest Concerns

-Fired Admin Cripples Former Employer's Network Using Old Credentials

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 09 September 2022

-Why It’s Mission-critical That All-sized Businesses Stay Cyber Secure

-Half of Firms Report Supply Chain Ransomware Compromise

-Vulnerability Exploits, Not Phishing, Are the Top Cyber Attack Vector for Initial Compromise

-Uber’s Ex-Security Chief Faces Landmark Trial Over Data Breach That Hit 57m Users

-Over 10% of Enterprise IT Assets Found Missing Endpoint Protection

-Some Employees Aren't Just Leaving Companies — They're Defrauding Them

-Ransomware Gangs Switching to New Intermittent Encryption Tactic

-How Posting Personal and Business Photos Can Be a Security Risk

-Your Vendors Are Likely Your Biggest Cyber Security Risk

-A Recent Chinese Hack Is a Wake-up Call for the Security of the World’s Software Supply Chain

-Massive Hotels Group IHG Struck by Cyber Attack Which Disrupts Booking Systems

-London's Biggest Bus Operator Hit by Cyber "Incident"

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