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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 10 November 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 10 November 2023:

-Boardroom Woes on Ransomware Intensify as Organisations Face an Average of 86 Ransomware-linked Events Annually

-Many SMBs Have No Real Way to Deal with Cyber Threats, Leaving Them Vulnerable

-Cyber Attacks Top Global Risk – 2023 Aon Survey

-To Improve Cyber Defences, Practice for Disaster

-Meet Your New Cyber Security Auditor: Your Insurer

-Allen and Overy Suffer Ransomware Attack

-Shadow IT Remains a Top Threat, as Shown by Attack on Okta

-Ransomware, AI, and Social Engineering All Set to Be 2024's Biggest Security Threats

-Cyber Governance: Growing Expectations for Information Security Oversight and Accountability

-Generative AI Will Level Up Cyber Attacks, According to New Google Report

-Public Wi-Fi Remains a Huge Risk, is Your Organisation Prepared?

-88% of Security Leaders Think Their Organisation Is Falling Short Addressing Cyber Security

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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 12 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 May 2023:

-79% of Cyber Pros Make Decisions Without Threat Intelligence

-61% of Business Leadership Overlook the Role of Cyber Security as a Business Enabler and as being Key to Business Success

-Risk Managers Warn Cyber Insurance Could Become ‘Unviable Product’

-Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: Don’t Give up on Cyber Security

-AI Has Been Dubbed a 'Nuclear' Threat to Cyber Security, but It Can Also Be Used for Defence

-Paying Cyber Hijackers’ Ransoms Doubles Cost of Recovery, Sophos Study Shows

-Majority of US, UK CISOs Unable to Protect Company 'Secrets'

-Company Executives Can’t Afford to Ignore Cyber Security Anymore

-BEC Campaign via Israel Spotted Targeting Multinational Companies

-CISOs Worried About Personal Liability for Breaches

-UK, US and International Allies Uncover Russian Snake Malware Network in 50+ Countries

-Plug-and-Play Microsoft 365 Phishing Tool 'Democratizes' Attack Campaigns

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 April 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 April 2022

-Nearly Two-Thirds of Ransomware Victims Paid Ransoms Last Year, Finds "2022 Cyberthreat Defense Report"

-New Android Banking Malware Remotely Takes Control of Your Device

-Network Intrusion Detections Skyrocketing

-Organisations Underestimating the Seriousness Of Insider Threats

-Watch Out For Phishing Emails From Genuine Mailing Lists, Following Mailchimp Hack

-SpringShell Attacks Target About One in Six Vulnerable Orgs

-New Threat Group Underscores Mounting Concerns Over Russian Cyber Threats

-Consumer Fraud Tripled in The Last Two Years

-Borat RAT: Multiple Threat of Ransomware, DDoS and Spyware

-Bank Had No Firewall License, Intrusion or Phishing Protection – Guess The Rest

-Global APT Groups Use Ukraine War for Phishing Lures

-Paying Ransom Doesn’t Guarantee Data Recovery

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 March 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 March 2022

-Guernsey Cyber Security Warning For Islanders And Businesses

-CISOs Face 'Perfect Storm' Of Ransomware And State-Supported Cyber Crime

-Four Key Risks Exacerbated By Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine

-These Four Types Of Ransomware Make Up Nearly Three-Quarters Of Reported Incidents

-Critical Infrastructure Threat as Ransomware Groups Target 'Enemies of Russia'

-Cyber Insurance War Exclusions Loom Amid Ukraine Crisis

-Zelenskyy Deepfake Crude, But Still Might Be A Harbinger Of Dangers Ahead

-Cyber Crooks’ Political In-Fighting Threatens the West

-Cloud-Based Email Threats Surge 50% in 2021

-Millions of New Mobile Malware Strains Blitzed Enterprise in 2021

-UK Criminal Defence Lawyer Hadn't Patched When Ransomware Hit

-Russian Ransomware Gang Retool Custom Hacking Tools Of Other APT Groups

-The Massive Impact of Vulnerabilities In Critical Infrastructure

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 December 2021

-Beware Of Ransomware Attacks Between Christmas and New Year’s!

-Why Holidays Put Your Company at Risk of Cyber Attack (And How to Take Precautions)

-Security Experts Sound Alarm on Zero-Day in Widely Used Log4j Tool

-SolarWinds Attackers Spotted Using New Tactics, Malware

-Cyber Crime Supply Chain: Fueling The Rise In Ransomware

-Weak Passwords Caused 30% Of Security Breaches

-Work-from-Anywhere Requires "Work-from-Anywhere Security"

-Just 3% of UK Firms Escaped a Supply Chain Breach in 2021

-Critical Flaw In ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP Tool Exploited In The Wild

-New Financial Services Industry Report Reveals Major Gaps in Storage and Backup Security

-UK’s Poor Cyber Risk Planning Could “Wreak Havoc”

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 July 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 July 2021: 84% Of Orgs Experienced Phishing Or Ransomware Attacks In The Last Year; Phishing continues to be one of the easiest paths for ransomware; Only Half Of Orgs Can Defend Against Ransomware; MI5 Chief Warns Public Of Cyber-Threat From Hostile States Such As China & Russia; Almost All Orgs Suffered Insider Data Breaches; Cyber Crime Costs Orgs Nearly $1.79 Million Per Minute; Sonicwall Releases Urgent Notice About 'Imminent' Ransomware Targeting Firmware; Google Finds Zero-Day Security Flaws In All Your Favourite Browsers

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 May 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 May 2021: Cyber Insurance Firms Start Tapping Out As Ransomware Continues To Rise; Irish Health Service Faces Final Bill Of At Least €100M Following Cyber Attack; The 10 Most Dangerous Cyber Threat Actors; Dramatic Increase In Ransomware Attacks Is Causing Harm On A Significant Scale; Deepfakes Could Be The Next Big Security Threat To Businesses; Two-Thirds Of Organisations Say They'll Take Action To Boost Their Ransomware Defences

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