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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 Threat Briefing 20 October 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 20 October 2023:
-Cyber Insecurity: Many Businesses Scared They May be Hit by a Cyber Attack at Any Moment
-Cyber Security Investments Show Mature Business Mindset
-SMBs Struggle to Keep Pace as Cyber Threats Reach All Time High
-Phishing Attacks Reach Record Highs as Banks, Financial Services Remain Top Targets with HR Remaining the Most Effective Phishing Lure
-Cyber Attacks are a Matter of When not if, The Best Time to Deal With Them is Before They Happen
-Lloyd's Of London Warns Of Worst-Case-Scenario Cyber Attack
-20,000 Britons Approached By Chinese Agents On LinkedIn, Says MI5 Head
-Ransomware - All it Takes is One Employee Mistake, Criminals are Aiming at Third-Party Vendors
-39% of Individuals Use the Same Password for Multiple Accounts
-Why Fourth-Party Risk Management Is a Must-Have
-AI Adoption Surges But Security Awareness Lags Behind
-UK watchdog fines Equifax £11 million for role in cyber breach
-Why Boards Must Understand and Govern Cyber Security Risk
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
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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2023:
- Boards Need Better Conversations About Cyber Security
- Uber’s Ex-Security Chief Sentenced for Security Breach
- Global Cyber Attacks Rise by 7% in Q1 2023
- Three-Quarters of Firms Predict Breach in Coming Year
- The Costly Threat That Many Businesses Fail to Address
- European Data at Risk with Tick-box GDPR Compliance and High Cyber Attack Volumes
- Understanding Cyber Threat Intelligence for Business Security
- Hackers Are Finding Ways to Evade Latest Cyber Security Tools
- Study Shows a 27% Spike in Publicly Known Ransomware Victims
- Data Loss Costs Are Going Up – and Not Just for Those Who Choose to Pay Thieves
- Give NotPetya-hit Merck that $1.4B, Appeals Court Tells Insurers
- 4 Ways Leaders Should Re-evaluate Their Cyber Security's Focus
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 April 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 April 2023:
-March 2023 Broke Ransomware Attack Records with a 91% Increase from the Previous Month
-Organisations Overwhelmed with Cyber Security Alerts, Threats and Attack Surfaces
-One in Three Businesses Faced Cyber Attacks Last Year
-Why Your Anti-Fraud, Identity & Cybersecurity Efforts Should Be Merged
-Tight Budgets and Burnout Push Enterprises to Outsource Cyber Security
-Complex 8 Character Passwords Can Be Cracked in as Little as 5 Minutes
-83% of Organizations Paid Up in Ransomware Attacks
-Security is a Revenue Booster, Not a Cost Centre
-EX-CEO Gets Prison Sentence for Bad Security
-Warning From UK Cyber Agency for a New ‘Class’ of Russian Hackers
-KnowBe4 Q1 Phishing Report Reveals IT and Online Services Emails Drive Dangerous Attack Trend
-Outsourcing Group Capita Admits Customer Data May Have Been Breached During Cyber-Attack
-Outdated Cyber Security Practices Leave Door Open for Criminals
-Quantifying cyber risk vital for business survival
-Recycled Network Devices Exposing Corporate Secrets
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 February 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 February 2023:
-Business Leaders Need a Hands-on Approach to Stop Cyber Crime, Says Spy Chief
-Rising ‘Firebrick Ostrich’ BEC Group Launches Industrial Scale Cyber Attacks
-The Corporate World is Losing its Grip on Cyber Risk
-Microsoft Reveals Over 100 Threat Actors are Deploying Ransomware in Attacks
-Greater Incident Complexity, a Shift in How Threat Actors Use Stolen Data Will Drive the Cyber Threat Landscape in 2023
-The Threat from Within: 71% of Business Leaders Surveyed Think Next Cyber Security Breach Will come from the Inside
-98% of Organisations Have a Supply Chain Relationship That Has Been Breached
-New Survey Reveals 40% of Companies Experienced a Data Leak in the Past Year
-Russian Hackers Launch Cyber Attack on Germany in Leopard Tank Retaliation
-Financial Services Targeted in 28% of UK Cyber Attacks Last Year
-Phishing Attacks are Getting Scarily Sophisticated. Here’s what to Watch Out For
-City of London on High Alert After Ransomware Attack
-Ransomware Conversations: Why the CFO is Pivotal to Discussing and Preparing for Risk
-JD Sports Warns of 10 Million Customers Put at Risk in Cyber Attack
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 October 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 October 2022:
-Russian Sanctions Instigator Lloyd's Possibly Hit by Cyber Attack
-Former Uber Security Chief Convicted of Covering Up Data Breach
-First 72 Hours of Incident Response Critical to Taming Cyber Attack Chaos
-Email Defences Under Siege: Phishing Attacks Dramatically Improve
-Remote Services Are Becoming an Attractive Target for Ransomware
-Growing Reliance on Cloud Brings New Security Challenges
-Many IT Pros Don’t Think a Ransomware Attack Can Impact Microsoft 365 Data
-Ransomware Group Bypasses "Enormous" Range of EDR Tools
-MS Exchange Zero-Days: The Calm Before the Storm?
-Average Company with Data in the Cloud Faces $28 Million in Data-Breach Risk
-Secureworks Finds Network Intruders See Little Resistance
-Regulations, Laws and Accountability are Changing the Cyber Security Landscape
-This Year’s Biggest Cyber Threats
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 09 September 2022
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"
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 August 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 August 2022:
-Lloyd's to Exclude Certain Nation-State Attacks from Cyber Insurance Policies
-Cyber Security Top Risk for Enterprise C-Suite Leaders, PwC Study Says
-Apathy Is Your Company's Biggest Cyber Security Vulnerability — Here's How to Combat It
-The World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Warns Cyber Security Is Top Concern as Attacks on Banks and Financial Services Double
-Configuration Errors to Blame for 80% of Ransomware
-Ransomware Surges to 1.2 Million Attacks Per Month
-A Massive Hacking Campaign Stole 10,000 Login Credentials From 130 Different Organisations
-This Company Paid a Ransom Demand. Hackers Leaked Its Data Anyway
-Sophisticated BEC Scammers Bypass Microsoft 365 Multi-Factor Authentication
-77% Of Security Leaders Fear We’re in Perpetual Cyber War from Now On
-Cyber Security Governance: A Path to Cyber Maturity
-The Rise of Data Exfiltration and Why It Is a Greater Risk Than Ransomware