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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 April 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 12 April 2024:

-UK Cyber Breaches Survey Finds Business Falling Short on Cyber, as Half Suffer Breach and Many Fail to Report

-The Cyber Attack Stopped by a Microsoft Engineer Was Scarier Than We Realise

-UK Government Urged to Get on ‘Front Foot’ with Ransomware Instead of ‘Absorbing the Punches’

-74% of Employees Falling Victim to Phishing Attacks Hit with Disciplinary Actions; Egress Reveals

-Why Are Many Businesses Turning to Third-Party Security Partners?

-60% of SMBs and 74% of Businesses with up to 500 Employees are Concerned About Cyber Security as Attacks Rise

-Cyber Attacks Cost Financial Firms $12bn Says IMF

-LastPass: Hackers Targeted Employee in Failed Deepfake CEO Call

-Most Cyber Criminal Threats are Concentrated in Just a Few Countries

-Why Incident Response is the Best Cyber Security ROI

-Ransomware Attacks are the Canaries in the Cyber Coal Mine

-Cyber Security is Crucial, but What is Risk and How do You Assess it?

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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 10 April 2024 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday, Adobe and SAP Updates

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 March 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 29 March 2024:

-Only 3% of Organisations Globally are Fully Prepared for Cyber Threats

-China Cyber Attacks a Reminder Beijing Poses ‘Constant and Sophisticated’ Threat to Western Cyber Security

-Companies With Advanced Cyber Security Performance Deliver Nearly Four Times’ Higher Shareholder Return Than Their Peers

-Hackers Hit High-Risk Individuals’ Personal Accounts

-Cyber Security Threats in International Relations: Are We Prepared for a Digital Pearl Harbour?

-High Net Worths Urged to Improve Digital Hygiene in Fight Against Cyber Crime

-Key Lessons from Microsoft’s Password Spray Hack: Secure Every Account

-Mitigating Third-Party Risk Requires a Collaborative, Thorough Approach

-IT Leaders Struggle to Keep up With Emerging Threats, as 92% of IT Leaders Say Cyber Threats Are on the Rise, 51% See AI Attacks for the First Time

-Only 5% of Boards Have Cyber Security Expertise

-Google’s New AI Search Results Promotes Sites Pushing Malware and Scams

-Report Calls Out Cyber Risks to Financial Sector Fuelled by AI

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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 13 March 2024 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday, Adobe, Fortinet and SAP Security Updates Summary

Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 13 March 2024 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday, Adobe, Fortinet and SAP Security Updates

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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 14 February 2024 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday (inc 2 exploited zero-days), Adobe, and SAP Security Updates

Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 14 February 2024 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday (inc 2 exploited zero-days), Adobe, and SAP Updates Summary

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 26 January 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 26 January 2024:

-Russian Hackers' Breach of Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Corporate Mailboxes is an Identity Threat Detection Wake-up Call

-94% of CISOs are Concerned About Third-Party Cyber Threats, Yet Only 3% Have Started Implementing Security Measures

-Cyber Risks Needs to be Prioritised as a Key Business Risk Says UK Government, as New Cyber Security Governance Code Puts Cyber Risks on Boardroom Agenda

-81% of Security Professionals Say Phishing Is Top Threat

-Ransomware Attacks Cause Significant Psychological Harm

-Breached Password Report Reveals Two Million Compromised Cloud Credentials Used '123456' as Password

-NCSC: UK Intelligence Fears AI will Fuel Ransomware and Exacerbate Cyber Crime

-Cyber Attacks More than Doubled in 2023, so Why Are So Many Firms Still Not Taking Security Seriously, or Why Firms Ignore Vulnerabilities at Their Own Risk

-Historic Data Leak Reveals 26 billion Records: Check What is Exposed

-Boardroom Cyber Expertise Comes Under Scrutiny

-“It is a whole new bar”: Months Left for Applicable Firms to Prepare for New EU Cyber Security Rules

-Ransomware Attacks Break Records In 2023: The Number of Victims Rose By 128%

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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 11 January 2024 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday, Adobe, Android, Cisco, and SAP Updates

Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 11 January 2024 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday, Adobe, Cisco, SAP and Google Android Updates

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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 14 December 2023 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday, Adobe and SAP Security Updates

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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 24 November 2023 – Windows SmartScreen Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation

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Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 15 November 2023 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes five zero days, three actively exploited; Adobe, FortiGuard, VMware and WordPress Updates Summary

Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 15 November 2023 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes five zero days, three actively exploited; Adobe, Fortinet, VMware and WordPress Updates Summary