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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 April 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 26 April 2024:
-Coalition Finds More Than Half of Cyber Insurance Claims Originate in the Email Inbox
-Unmasking the True Cost of Cyber Attacks: Beyond Ransom and Recovery
-Why Cyber Security Should Be Driving Your Enterprise Risk Management Strategy
-Ransomware Double-Dip - Re-Victimisation in Cyber Extortion
-AI is a Major Threat and Many Financial Organisations Are Not Doing Enough to Fight the Threat
-6 out of 10 Businesses Struggle to Manage Cyber Risk
-'Junk Gun' Ransomware: New Low-Cost Cyber Threat Targets SMBs
-Penetration Testing Infrequency Leaves Security Gaps
-Bank Prohibited from Opening New Accounts After Regulators Lose Patience With Poor Cyber Security Governance
-The Psychological Impact of Phishing Attacks on Your Employees
-Where Hackers Find Your Weak Spots
-The Role of Threat Intelligence in Financial Data Protection
-Government Cannot Protect Business and Services from Cyber Attack, Decision Makers Say
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 April 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 19 April 2024:
-94% of Ransomware Victims Have Their Backups Targeted by Attackers
-Sharing IT Providers Is a Risk for Financial Services, Says IMF, as Rising Cyber Threats Pose Serious Concerns for Financial Stability
-Hackers are Threatening to Publish a Huge Stolen Sanctions and Financial Crimes Watchlist
-Your Annual Cyber Security Is Not Working, but There is a Solution
-73% of Security Professionals Say They’ve Missed, Ignored or Failed to Act on a High Priority Security Alert
-Russia and Ukraine Top Inaugural World Cyber Crime Index
-Police Takedown Major Cyber Fraud Superstore: Will the Cyber Crime Industry Become More Fragmented?
-Small Businesses See Stable Business Climate; Cite Cyber Security as Top Threat
-The Threat from Inside: 14% Surge in Insider Threats Compared to Previous Year
-Dark Web Sales Driving Major Rise in Credential Attacks as Attackers Pummel Networks with Millions of Login Attempts
-Large Enterprises Experience Breaches, Despite Large Security Stacks - Report Finds 93% of Breaches Lead to Downtime and Data Loss
-Charities Doing Worse than Private Sector in Staving off Cyber Attacks
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 January 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 12 January 2024:
-Boardrooms on Notice: Cyber Security Oversight More Important Than Ever
-Ransomware Incidents Reported to UK Financial Regulator Doubled in 2023
-Businesses Can’t Survive Without Their IT Systems – and They’re Under Attack More Than Ever
-Cyber Insecurity and Misinformation Top WEF Global Risk List
-Why Effective Cyber Security and Risk Management are Crucial for Business Growth
-The Cost of Dealing with a Cyber Attack Doubled Last Year
-Merck Settles NotPetya Insurance Claim – Leaving Cyber Warfare Definition Unresolved
-Mandiant, SEC Lose Control of X Accounts Without 2FA
-If you Prepare, a Data Security Incident Should Not Cause an Existential Crisis
-82% of Companies Struggle to Manage Security Exposure, with 28,000 New Vulnerabilities Reported Last Year
-Cyber Security is the Number One Priority for the Financial Sector Again
-Cyber Crime Marketplaces Soar in 2024: All Threats Now Available ‘As-a-Service’
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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 July 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 July 2023:
-Cyber Attacks Are a War We'll Never Win, but We Can Defend Ourselves
-Helping Boards Understand Cyber Risks
-Enterprise Risk Management Should Inform Cyber Risk Strategies
-Law Firms at High Risk of Attack as Ransomware Groups Begin to Focus Attention
-20% of Malware Attacks Bypass Antivirus Protection
-Ransomware Payments and Extortion Spiked Compared to 2022
-AI, Trust, and Data Security are Key Issues for Finance Firms and Their Customers
-Caution: Microsoft Warns of Office Zero-Day Attacks with No Patch Available
-Scam Page Volumes Surge 304% Annually
-Financial Industry Faces Soaring Ransomware Threat
-The Need for Risk-Based Vulnerability Management to Combat Threats
-Government Agencies Breached in Microsoft 365 Email Attacks
-Concerns Raised as Report Questions UK’s “Completely Inadequate” Defence to Threats from China
-Hackers Backed by North Korea have Stolen Billions of Dollars Over the Last Five Years
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 March 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 March 2023:
-Majority of SMBs Lack Dedicated Cyber Experts and Cyber Incident Response Plans
-Controlling Third-Party Data Risk Should Be a Top Cyber Security Priority
-IT Security Spending to Reach Nearly $300 Billion by 2026
-2023 Cyber Security Maturity Report Reveals Organisational Unpreparedness for Cyber Attacks
-Board Cyber Shortage: Don’t Get Caught Swimming Naked
-Should Your Organisation Be Worried About Insider Threats?
-UK Ransomware Incident Volumes Surge 17% in 2022
-Financial Industry Hit by Rising Ransomware Attacks and BEC
-55 zero-day Flaws Exploited Last Year Show the Importance of Security Risk Management
-Security Researchers Spot $36m BEC Attack
-New Victims Come Forward After Mass Ransomware Attack
-Ransomware Gangs’ Harassment of Victims is Increasing
-Wartime Hacktivism is Spilling Over Into the Financial Services Industry
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 February 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 February 2023:
-High Risk Users May be Few, but the Threat They Pose is Huge
-The Cost of Cyber Security Insurance is Soaring so Firms Need to Take Prevention More Seriously
-Cyber Attacks Worldwide Increased to an All-Time Record Breaking High
-Most Organisations Make Cyber Security Decisions Without Insights
-Ransomware Attackers Finding New Ways to Weaponise Old Vulnerabilities
-Are Executives Fluent in IT Security Speak? 5 Reasons Why the Communication Gap is Wider Than You Think
-Business Email Compromise Groups Target Firms with Multilingual Impersonation Attacks
-EU Countries Told to Step up Defence Against State Hackers
-Cyber Criminals Exploit Fear and Urgency to Trick Consumers
-How to Manage Third Party and Supply Chain Cyber Security Risks that are Too Costly to Ignore
-Russian Spear Phishing Campaign Escalates Efforts Towards Critical UK, US and European Targets
-5 Biggest Risks of Using Third Party Managed Service Providers
-Cyber Crime as a Service: A Subscription Based Model in the Wrong Hands
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 October 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 October 2022:
-Gen Z, Millennials Really Doesn't Care About Workplace Cyber Security
-Supply Chain Attacks Increased Over 600% This Year and Companies Are Falling Behind
-Cyber-Enabled Crimes Are Biggest Police Concerns
-List of Common Passwords Accounts for Nearly All Cyber Attacks
-Shared Responsibility or Shared Fate? Decentralized IT Means We Are All Cyber Defenders
-Ukraine War Cuts Ransomware as Kremlin Co-Opts Hackers
-96% Of Companies Report Insufficient Security for Sensitive Cloud Data
-Your Microsoft Exchange Server Is a Security Liability
-Are Cyber Security Vendors Pushing Snake Oil?
-Ransomware Preparedness, What Are You Doing Wrong?
-NSA Cybersecurity Director's Six Takeaways from the War in Ukraine
-Microsoft Confirms Server Misconfiguration Led to 65,000+ Companies' Data Leak
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 September 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 September 2022:
-UK Organisations, Ukraine's Allies Warned of Potential "Massive" Cyber Attacks By Russia
-Cyber Criminals See Allure in BEC Attacks Over Ransomware
-Most Hackers Need 5 Hours or Less to Break Into Enterprise Environments
-Global Firms Deal with 51 Security Incidents Each Day
-Phishing Attacks Crushed Records Last Quarter, Driven by Mobile
-Why Paying the Ransom is Still the Most Common Response to a Ransomware Attack?
-Ransomware Attacks Continue Increasing: 20% of All Reported Attacks Occurred in the Last 12 Months
-More Than Half of Security Pros Say Risks Higher in Cloud Than On Premise
-How To Outsmart Increasingly Complex Cyber Attacks
-Top Issues Driving Cyber Security: Growing Number of Cyber Criminals, Variety of Attacks
-Cyber Threats Top Business Leaders' Biggest Concerns
-Fired Admin Cripples Former Employer's Network Using Old Credentials
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 August 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 August 2022
-Three Ransomware Gangs Consecutively Attacked the Same Network
-As The Cost of Cyber Insurance Rises, The Number of Organisations Who Can’t Afford It Is Set to Double
-Identity Cyber Attacks, Microsoft 365 Dominate Cybersecurity Incidents, Expel Research Finds
-Exploit Activity Surges 150% in Q2 Thanks to Log4Shell
-Ransomware Is Not Going Anywhere: Attacks Are Up 24%
-Email Is the Single Biggest Threat to Businesses, And Here’s What You Can Do About It
-Realtek SDK Vulnerability Exposes Routers from Many Vendors to Remote Attacks
-Most Companies Are at An Entry-Level When It Comes to Cloud Security
-The Impact of Exploitable Misconfigurations on Network Security
-Industrial Spy Ransomware: New Threat Group Emerges to Exfiltrate Data, Extort Victims
-UK NHS Service Recovery May Take a Month After MSP Ransomware Attack
-A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 June 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 June 2022
-Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks Have Risen 53% Year-Over-Year
-Ransomware Attacks Setting New Records
-Hackers Are Now Hiding Inside Networks for Longer. That's Not a Good Sign
-Paying Ransomware Paints Bigger Bullseye on Target’s Back
-Organisations Fix Only 1 in 10 Vulnerabilities Monthly
-Cyber Attack Surface "Spiralling Out of Control"
-Phishing Hits All-Time High in Q1 2022
-Ransomware's ROI Retreat Will Drive More BEC Attacks
-The Real Cost of Cyber Attacks: What Organisations Should Be Prepared For
-Why Smishing and Vishing Attempts Surged In 2021?
-Know Your Enemy! Learn How Cyber Crime Adversaries Get In…
-Small Businesses Struggle with an Increase in Cyber Attacks
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2022
-Cyber Scams Cost Victims $6.9b-Plus Worldwide in 2021
-Bad Actors Are Maximizing Remote Everything
-New Hacker Group Pursuing Corporate Employees Focused on Mergers and Acquisitions
-FBI: Business Email Compromise: The $43 Billion Scam
-Disgruntled Employees Cashing in On Confidential Information Over Dark Web
-Google Sees More APTs Using Ukraine War-Related Themes
-Cryptocurrency Regulators Are Scrambling to Catch Up with Hackers Who Are Swiping Billions
-Tackling the Threats Posed by Shadow IT
-Hackers Used the Log4j Flaw to Gain Access Before Moving Across a Company's Network, Say Security Researchers
-This Sneaky Hacking Group Hid Inside Networks For 18 Months Without Being Detected
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 April 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 April 2022:
-Why Ransomware Attacks Prefer Small Business Targets Rather Than Rich Enterprises
-Ransomware Plagues Finance Sector as Cyber Attacks Get More Complex
-76% of Organisations Worldwide Expect to Suffer a Cyber Attack This Year
-Most Email Security Approaches Fail to Block Common Threats
-Financial Leaders Grappling with More Aggressive and Sophisticated Attack Methods
-Hackers Sneak Malware into Resumes Sent to Corporate Hiring Managers
-West Warns of Russian Cyber-Attacks As Concerns Rise Over Putin’s Nuclear Rhetoric
-Criminals Adopting New Methods To Bypass Improved Defences, Says Zscaler
-Cyber Criminals Are ‘Drinking the Tears’ Of Ukrainians
-Hackers For Hire Attempt to Destroy Hedge Fund Manager's Reputation
-New Threat Groups and Malware Families Emerging
-Economic Warfare: Attacks on Critical Infrastructure Part of Geopolitical Conflict