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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 4th August 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 04 August 2023:

-Top 12 Exploited Vulnerabilities List Highlights Troubling Reality: Many Organisations Still Are Not Patching

-67% of Data Breaches Start with a Single Click, with 1 in 100 Emails Being Malicious

-Ransomware Attacks Hit All Time High. Attackers’ Motives Change, So Should Your Defence

-The Generative AI War Between Companies and Hackers is Starting

-Spend to Save: The CFO’s Guide to Cyber Security Investment

-Corporate Boards Take Heed: Give CISOs the Cold Shoulder at your Peril

-How the Talent Shortage Impacts Cyber Security Leadership

-Salesforce, Meta Suffer Phishing Campaign that Evades Typical Detection Methods

-Cyber Insurance and the Ransomware Challenge

-Microsoft Exposes Russian Hackers' Sneaky Phishing Tactics via Microsoft Teams Chats

-66% of Cyber security Leaders Don’t Trust Their Current Cyber Risk Mitigation Strategies

-Startups Should Move Fast and Remember Cyber Security

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 July 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 July 2023:

-Cyber Attacks Reach Two-Year High Amid Ransomware Resurgence as Financial Service Firms Lose $32 Billion in 5 Years

-MOVEit Body Count Closes in on 400 orgs, 20M+ Individuals

-IT Worker Jailed for Impersonating Ransomware Gang to Extort Employer

-Stabilising the Cyber Security Landscape: The CISO Exodus and the Rise of vCISOs

-Risk is Driving Medium-Sized Business Decisions

-Talent and Governance, Not Technology, are Key to Drive Change around Cyber Security

-Hybrid Work, Digital Transformation can Exploit Security Gaps

-Human Cyber-Risk Can Be Demonstrably Mitigated by Behaviour Changing Training

-AI Tool WormGPT Enables Convincing Fake Emails For BEC Attacks

-Pro-Russian Hacktivists Increase Focus on Western Targets

-Infosec Doesn't Know What AI Tools Orgs Are Using

-Google Restricting Internet Access to Some Employees to Reduce Cyber Attack Risk

-Unlocking Business Potential: How CISOs are Transforming Cyber Security into a Strategic Asset

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 February 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 February 2022:

-UK, US, Australia Issue Joint Advisory: Ransomware on the Loose, Critical National Infrastructure Affected

-Ransomware Groups and APT Actors Laser-Focused on Financial Services

-Why the C-Suite Should Focus on Understanding Cybersecurity and Investing Appropriately

-Almost $1.3bn Paid to Ransomware Actors Since 2020

-Cyber Crooks Frame Targets by Planting Fabricated Digital Evidence

-Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT) Bypassing Traditional Security Defenses

-LockBit, BlackCat, Swissport, Oh My! Ransomware Activity Stays Strong

-2021 Was The Most Prolific Year On Record For Data Breaches

-$1.3 Billion Lost to Romance Scams in the Past Five Years

-Cyber Security Compliance Still Not A Priority For Many

-The World is Falling Victim to the Growing Trickbot Attacks in 2022

-“We Absolutely Do Not Care About You”: Sugar Ransomware Targets Individuals

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Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 25 September 2020: GFSC consult on new Cyber Rules; FinCEN leak exposes poor data security; Zerologon attacks detected; ransomware gang behind German hospital death

Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 25 September 2020: GFSC consulting on new Cyber Rules; Leaked FinCEN files expose poor data security; Microsoft detects active Zerologon attacks; ransomware crew fingered for German hospital death; malware that steals your most sensitive data on the rise; Ransomware is evolving; top threats inside malicious emails; Credential Stuffing behind Recent Attacks

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