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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 01 December 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 01 December 2023:

-Law Firms Face Surge in Targeted Attacks as Hundreds Impacted by Single Attack

-Approach Cyber Security Awareness Training by Engaging People at All Levels

-Board Support Remains Critical as Majority of CISOs Experience Repeat Cyber Attacks

-Ransomware Attacks Surge 81% in October as New Threat Actors Emerge

-Hacked Microsoft Word Documents Being Used to Trick Windows Users

-Mitigating Deepfake Threats in The Corporate World

-Black Basta Ransomware Made Over $100 Million From Extortion Alone

-Long Recovery Times After Cyber Attacks Could Annihilate Your Organisation

-Booking.com Customers Scammed in Novel Social Engineering Campaign

-Stop Panic Buying Your Security Products and Start Prioritising

-A Fifth of UK SMBs Unable to Spot Scams

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 September 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 15 September 2023:

-Overconfident Organisations Prone to Cyber Breaches

-Board Members Struggling to Understand Cyber Risks

-Cyber Criminals are Targeting Top Executives and Could be Using Sensitive Information to Extort Them

-Cyber Attacks Reach Fever Pitch in Q2 2023

-Ransomware Attacks Hit Record Levels in UK as More Companies Fail to Tackle Growing Threats

-Microsoft Warns of More Attacks as Ransomware Spreads Through Teams Phishing

-Europol - Financial Crime Makes “Billions” and Impacts “Millions”

-Almost One in Three Parents Have Never Spoken to Their Children About Cyber Security

-Hackers are Dropping USB Drives Outside Buildings to Target Networks

-Data Theft is Now the No. 1 Cyber Security Threat Keeping Execs Awake at Night

-If You Didn’t Change Your Passwords After the LastPass Data Breach, Do It Now

-Cloud Vulnerabilities Surge Nearly 200% as Cloud Credentials Become the New Hot Ticket on the Dark Web

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18th August 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 18 August 2023:

-Ransomware Group Targeting MSPs Worldwide in New Campaign

-As Ransomware Surges, A lack of Resources Makes SMBs Most Vulnerable

-Business Email Compromise Attack Costs Far Exceeding Ransomware Losses

-Email Phishing Remains the Main Entry for Cyber Criminals; People with Six Personality Traits are More Susceptible

-Gartner Study Finds Generative AI to be a Top Emerging Risk for Organisations

-LinkedIn Suffers Significant Wave of Account Hacks

-High Net-Worth Families are at Risk of Cyber Crime

-Cyber Attack Rule Raises Insurance Risks for Corporate Officers

-PSNI and UK Voter Breaches Show Data Security Should be Taken More Seriously

-The Imperative of Cyber Preparedness: The Power of Tabletop Exercises

-Why Are Phones a Cyber Security Weak Spot?

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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

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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 March 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 March 2022:

-Morgan Stanley Client Accounts Breached in Social Engineering Attacks

-Ransomware Is Scary, But Another Scam Is Costing Victims Much, Much More

-Phishing Kits Constantly Evolve to Evade Security Software

-Ransomware Payments, Demands Rose Dramatically in 2021

-7 Suspected Members of LAPSUS$ Hacker Gang, Aged 16 to 21, Arrested in UK

-Here's How Fast Ransomware Encrypts Files

-HEAT Attacks: A New Class of Cyber Threats Organisations Are Not Prepared For

-The Cyber Warfare Predicted In Ukraine May Be Yet To Come

-The Three Russian Cyber Attacks The West Most Fears

-Do These 8 Things Now To Boost Your Security Ahead Of Potential Russian Cyber Attacks

-Cyber Crime Victims Suffered Losses of Over $6.9B in 2021 in the US Alone

-Expanding Threat Landscape: Cyber Criminals Attacking from All Sides

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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 16 April 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 April 2021: 61% Of Employees Fail Basic Cyber Security Quiz; More Than 1,900 Hacking Groups Active Today; Ransomware Crisis Worsens; Enterprise Security Attackers Are One Password Away From Your Worst Day; Microsoft’s April Update Patches 114 Bugs; Nation-State Attacks Targeting Businesses Rise; Criminals Installing Cryptojacking Malware On Unpatched Exchange Servers; Network Vulns Affect Over 100 Million Devices; Brits Still Confused By Multi-Factor Authentication

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