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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 October 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 13 October 2023:
-Small Businesses Hit by Frequent Cyber Attacks as 90% of CISOs Faced at least One Attack Last Year
-The Most Effective Cyber Attacks Never Touch Your Organisation's Firewall, HR’s Role in Defending the Organisation
-Ransomware Infection Times Fall from 5 Days to 5 Hours
-80% of Security Leaders See AI as the Biggest Threat to Business
-Is Your Board Cyber-Ready?
-Cyber Security Should Be a Business Priority for CEOs
-The Looming Threat of a Single Phishing Click to Your Business
-40% of Organisations Leave Ransomware to IT
-Auditors Growing Concern About Cyber Security
-The Cyber Villains Are Getting Bolder: Businesses Need to Up Their Game
-Preparing for the Unexpected: A Proactive Approach to Operational Resilience
-Staggering Losses to Social Media and Social Engineering Since 21, as Victims Take $2.7 Billion Hit in US Alone
-Organisations Grapple with Detection and Response Despite Rising Security Budgets
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 June 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 June 2022:
-The NCSC Sets Out the UK’s Cyber Threat Landscape
-We're Now Truly in The Era of Ransomware as Pure Extortion Without the Encryption
-5 Social Engineering Assumptions That Are Wrong
-Gartner: Regulation, Human Costs Will Create Stormy Cyber Security Weather Ahead
-Ransomware Attacks - This Is the Data That Cyber Criminals Really Want to Steal
-Cloud Email Threats Soar 101% in a Year
-80% of Firms Suffered Identity-Related Breaches in Last 12 Months
-After Being Breached Once, Many Companies Are Likely to Be Hit Again
-Do You Have Ransomware Insurance? Look at the Fine Print
-The Price of Stolen Info: Everything on Sale On The Dark Web
-How Companies Are Prioritizing Infosec and Compliance
-Businesses Risk ‘Catastrophic Financial Loss’ from Cyber Attacks, US Watchdog Warns
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 May 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 May 2022
-Fifth of Businesses Say Cyber Attack Nearly Broke Them
-Weak Security Controls and Practices Routinely Exploited for Initial Access
-How Do Ransomware Attacks Impact Victim Organisations’ Stock?
-Prioritise Patching Vulnerabilities Associated with Ransomware
-Researchers Warn of Advanced Persistent Threats/Nation State Actors (APTs), Data Leaks as Serious Threats Against UK Financial Sector
-Remote Work Hazards: Attackers Exploit Weak WiFi, Endpoints, and the Cloud
-Small Businesses Under Fire from Password Stealers
-Email Is the Riskiest Channel for Data Security
-Phishing Attacks for Initial Access Surged 54% in Q1
-State of Internet Crime in Q1 2022: Bot Traffic on The Rise, And More
-Fears Grow for Smaller Nations After Ransomware Attack on Costa Rica Escalates
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
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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 December 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 December 2021:
-Employees Think They’re Safe From Cyber Threats On Company Devices
-Internet Is Scrambling To Fix Log4shell, The Worst Hack In History
-Apache Log4j Flaw: A Fukushima Moment for the Cyber Security Industry
-60% of UK Workers Have Been Victim of a Cyber-Attack, Yet Awareness Remains Low
-Ransomware in 2022: We're All Screwed
-Attacks on UK Firms Increase Five-Fold During Pandemic
-The Log4J Software Flaw Is ‘Christmas Come Early’ for Cyber Criminals
-Why Cloud Storage Isn't Immune to Ransomware
-400 Banks’ Customers Targeted with Anubis Trojan
-Sites Hacked With Credit Card Stealers Undetected For Months
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 November 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 November 2021
-500 Million Attempted Ransomware Attacks (So Far) in 2021, With No Sign Of Slowing
-Top 10 Ways Attackers Are Increasing Pressure On Their Ransomware Victims To Pay
-40% Of Organisations Suffered A Cloud-Based Data Breach In The Past 12 Months
-Midsize Business Cyber Attacks: A Security Reality Check
-70% Of Dev Teams Admit To Skipping Security Steps
-79% Of IT Teams Have Seen Increase In Endpoint Security Breaches
-Enterprises With Subsidiaries More Prone To Cyber Attacks, Study Says
-Cisco Talos Reports New Variant Of Babuk Ransomware Targeting Exchange Servers
-Ransomware Gangs Target Corporate Financial Activities
-Web Of Deceit: The Rising Threat Of Ransomware
-While Businesses Are Ramping Up Their Risk Mitigation Efforts, They Could Be Doing More
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