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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 March 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 15 March 2024:

-Mind The Gap - Mimecast Report Finds Humans Are Biggest Security Flaw

-Three-Quarters of Cyber Victim Are SMBs - Why SMBs are Becoming More Vulnerable

-Cyber Security Skills Gap and Lack of Boardroom Engagement Invite Hacker Havoc

-UK Government’s Ransomware Failings Leave Country ‘Exposed and Unprepared’

-Data Breaches up 72% to New Record High: Cyber Security Incidents Rank as #1 Global Business Threat in 2024

-Finance Sector Facing Huge Number of Cyber Attacks That Could Leave It On its Knees, Highlights the Need to Build a Robust Security Culture

-Microsoft Confirms Russian Hackers Stole Source Code, Some Customer Secrets

-Independent Cyber Security Audits Are Powerful Tools for Boards

-Navigating Cyber Security in The Era of Mergers

-Phishing Tactics Evolve as Sophisticated Vishing and Image-based Phishing Take World by Storm

Black Arrow AdminMarch 17, 2024ivanti, github, mimecast, sophos, joint committee on the national security strategy, jcnss, identity theft resource center, allianz, lockbit, sec, securities and exchange commission, blackberry, midnight blizzard, kremlin, ibm, notpetya, merck, fcc, ipsos, bianlian, stopcrypt, british library, stanford university, black basta, unitedhealth, equilend, nissan, dropbox, chatgpt, magnet goblin, windows smartscreen, darkgate, remcos, redline, pixpirate, sceiner smart lock, jfsc, 23andme, play, lastpass, tiktok, dora, pci dss 4.0, volt typhoon, alabama, pypi, microsoft sccm, hyper-v, fortinet, fortios, fortiproxy, forticlient, sap, adobe, confluence, qnap, marinemax, cisco, wordpress, amd, intel, japan, wef, world economic forum, sans, cyber solidarity act, cyber resilience act, meta, nsa, switzerland, lithuania, us army, okta, france, french, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 March 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 08 March 2024:

-FBI Reports Cyber Crime Losses Reached $12.5 billion in 2023, Ransomware Losses Surged by 74%, Average Ransomw Demand Reaching $600k

-Capita Plans £100 Million in Cost Cuts as it Continues to Grapple With 2023 Cyber Attack, Resulting in Significant Job Losses

-Employment Law Firm Sues IT Company Over Ransomware Attack

-Stolen Passwords are a Hacker Goldmine

-Phishing Attacks Up 40 Percent in 2023; Attackers Leverage Social Engineering for Greater Success

-Business Leaders Don’t Even Know They’ve Been Hacked

-Rising Cyber Security Risks: Insider Threat Main Concern Among Mid-Market Firms

-Security Risks Plague SMEs in Shift to Remote Working

-After Collecting $22 Million, Ransomware Group Stages FBI Takedown

-Cyber Attacks Remain Chief Concern for Businesses

-Two New Ransomware Groups Join Forces to Launch Joint Attacks

Black Arrow AdminMarch 10, 2024rapid7, american express, bifrost, leonardo, alphv, capita, adolfo hernandez, ghostsec, stormous, stmx_ghostlocker, covid-19, octo tempest, diamond sleet, midnight blizzard, cifas, crowdstirke, ibm, cyberark, kaspersky, sec, nist framework 2.0, nist 2.0, connectwise, screenconnect, blackcat, lockbit, lockbit 3.0, jetbrains, teamcity, loandepot, prudential, fidelity investments, bank of america, unitedhealth, duvel, change healthcare, jamf, coinbase, binance, chatgpt, gptdoor, google, meta, zoom, skype, google meets, bifrose rat, toddleshark, wograt, google pixel, sunhillo sureline, flipper zero, okta, fcc, jack teixeira, docker, apache hadoop, redis, confluence, wordpress, snake, kimsuky, vmware esxi, android, qemu, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 March 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 01 March 2024:

-Phishing, Smishing and Vishing Skyrocket 1,265%

-Business Email Compromise Attacks Are Evolving, But What Can Be Done About It

-Vulnerabilities Count Set to Rise by 25% in 2024

-BYOD Increases Mobile Phishing; Risks Have Never Been Higher

-Risk-based spending: An Imperative for Cyber Security That Demands Board Attention

-If you Pay Ransoms, You May not Get Your Data Back and Worse, You Will Probably Get Hit Again, with 78% of Firms who Paid Then Suffering Repeat Ransomware Attacks

-Cyber Resilience and Cyber Hygiene: Why They Matter to Your Business

-Why Governance, Risk and Compliance Must be Integrated with Cyber Security

-More and More UK Firms Concerned About Insider Threats

-98% of Businesses Linked to Breached Third Parties

-What Companies Should Know About Rising Legal Threats

-CIOs Rethink All-In Cloud Strategies as Five Eyes Nations Warn of Evolving Russian Cyber Espionage Practices Targeting Cloud Environments

Black Arrow AdminMarch 3, 2024black basta, rysida, mgm, bp, sophos, proofpoint, chatgpt, connectwise, screenconnect, lockbit, change healthcare, blackcat, loandepot, lurie childrens hospital, rhysida, chicago, donald trump, epic games, mogilevich, fortnite, insomniac, irish department of foreign affairs, optum, thyssenkrupp, pepso, labhost, blackstone, putin, beat ai, bobthesmuggler, remcos rat, pikabot, timbrestealer, ivanti, kaspersky, xhelper, u-haul, cencora, sonicwall, lookout, hugging face, five eyes, silver saml, meta, pentagon, nist, nist csf 2.0, soho router, cozy bear, midnight blizzard, ubiquiti, edgerouter, lazarus, unc1549, cisco, ultimate member, wordpress, citrix, zyxel, outlook, whitehouse, c, c++, royal navy, rcmp, intelbroker, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 09 February 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 09 February 2024:

-Over Half of Companies Experienced Cyber Security Incidents Last Year

-Deepfake Video Conference Costs Business $25 Million

-Watershed Year for Ransomware as Victims Rose by Almost 50% and Payments Hit $1 Billion All-Time High

-Malware-as-a-Service Now the Top Threat to Organisations

-Over 9 in 10 UK Firms Who Fell Victim to Ransomware Paid the Ransom, Despite Alleged “No Pay” Stances

-Chinese State Hackers Hid in National Infrastructure for at Least 5 Years

-Email Attacks on Businesses Tripled and AI is a Huge Contributing Factor

-Security Leaders, C-Suite Unite to Tackle Cyber Threats

-UN Experts Investigate Cyber Attacks by North Korea that Raked in $3 Billion to Build Nuclear Weapons

-What Does a ‘Cyber Security Culture’ Actually Entail?

-Beyond Checkboxes: Security Compliance as a Business Enabler

-No One in Cyber Security Is Ready for the SolarWinds Prosecution

Black Arrow AdminFebruary 11, 2024mastadon, nbc4, deepfake, palo alto networks unit 42, dprk, itpro, sec, solarwinds, chainalysis, cohesity, akira, 8base, ncc group, lockbit, hive, clorox, blackbaud, lurie childrens hospital, british library, chatgpt, seiu 1000, biden, fortigate, fritzfrog, log4shell, coyote, ov3r steaker, mispadu stealer, acemagic, xloader, rasberry robin, patchwork, lastpass, johnson controls, anydesk, cloudflare, hpe, okta, ripe, resumelooters, viamedis and almerys, hopskipdrive, wikileaks, atlassian, midnight blizzard, pico, fortisiem, ivanti, connect secure, azure, kafka, hadoop, vmware, jetbrains, exoressway, qnap, acronis, airbus, super bowl, fortinet, cisco, android, iphone, linux, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran, british intelligence, national security, uk national security, military intelligence, mod, ministry of defence, police, law enforcement, ftse 100, ftse100, offshore financial services, fortune 500, fortune500

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 February 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 02 February 2024:

-The Financial Sector Is Plagued by Increasingly Sophisticated Cyber Attacks That Demand a Defensive Paradigm Shift

-The $10 Billion Cyber Insurance Industry Sees a Dangerous Year in Cyber Crime Ahead. AI, Ransomware, and War are its Biggest Concerns

-Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Used Known Identified Tactics to Breach Senior Exec Emails

-Old Methods, New Tricks: Cyber Criminals Are Still Using Social Engineering to Steal Your Credentials

-UK Government Unveils New Cyber Threat Guidelines as 32% of Firms Suffer Attacks in Past Year

-94% of Organisations Would Pay a Ransom, Despite Having ‘Do Not Pay’ Policies, as 79% Faced an Attack in 2023

-Interpol Arrests More than 30 Cyber Criminals in Global Operation

-Divide and Succeed: Splitting IT and Security Makes Business Sense

-Ransomware Groups Gain Clout with False Attack Claims

-Payment Fraud is Hitting Organisations Harder Than Ever Before

-Chinese Hacking Operations Have Entered a Far More Dangerous Phase, US Warns

Black Arrow AdminFebruary 4, 2024fulton county, vodafone, blackbaud, gartner, pawn storm, meta, draftking, midnight blizzard, cloudflare, reasonlabs, football australia, whitesnake, johnson controls, sec, securities and exchange commission, cyber givernance code of practice, svr, synergia, 23andme, technia corp, europcar, solarwinds, lockbit, alpha, akira, cisco, opentext, phobos, cactus, misbourne, chatgpt, zeus trojan, allakore, pypi, google play, covid-19, e-passport, mercedes-benz, mongodb, miracles software, dhs, keenan, myanmar, nis2, dora, okta, cozy bear, mark zuckerberg, pci dss, wray, exchange online, satya nadella, ivanti, juniper, junos, tor, volt typhoon, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran, british intelligence, national security, uk national security, military intelligence, mod, ministry of defence, police, law enforcement, ftse 100, ftse100, offshore financial services, fortune 500, fortune500

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%

Black Arrow AdminJanuary 28, 2024hpe, hp, hewlett packard enterprises, hewlett packard, sharepoint, rusi, royal united services institute, moab, mother of all breaches, nis2, dora, digital operational resilience act, conti, royal cyber, medibank, kasseika, bianlian, teamviewer, black basta, riksbank, north face, supreeme, vans, vf corp, akira, tietoevry, lockbit, loandepot, subway, veoilia north, aercap, equilend, knowbe4, trezor, chatgpt, ta866, inhospitality, blackwood apt, systembc, sec, securities exchange commission, breachforums, jason's deli, 23adnme, coventry, metacrime, barracuda, 3am, panorays, specops, outlookm, eu ai, ring, vmware, midnight blizzard, apt29, solarwinds, starcruft, crowdstrikem, minst sandstorm, ivanti, atlassian, cisco, goanywhere mft, parrot, mozilla, webkit, fortra, cloudflare, microsoft, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

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

Black Arrow AdminAugust 6, 2023collide power, akamai, microsoft defender, bleedingpipe, oracle, cisco talos, wsus servers, bluecharlie, microsoft teams, hot topic, abyss locker, azure ad cts, bitfinex, vyper, space pirates, canon, rilide, lokibot, darkgate, emotet, whatsapp, signal, spynote, cherrybios, fruity trojan, avrecon, remcos, p2pinfect, tempur sealy, uws, moveit, esxi, securities exchange commission, sec, iba, amazon, google, meta, microsoft, joe biden, salesforce, facebook, midnight blizzard, international bar association, criticalstart, mssql, trickbot, conti, darkbert gpt, chatgpt, icedid, aws, modern warefare 2, barracuda, socksescort, wikiloader, nodestealer, blackberry, chrome, kaspersky, flipperzero, tesla, capita, aws ssm, jumpcloud, braverman, scarf, cult of dead cow, owasp, tor, bluebravo, graphical proton, starlink, cloudzy, apt34, starkmule, ivanti, epmm, citrix sharefile, log4j, firefox, tenable, bpp, dcms, dsit, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 June 2023:

-Zurich Insurance Group Secures Data Leak After Leaving Sensitive Data Publicly Accessible

-Employees Worry Less About Cyber Security Best Practices in the Summer

-Businesses are Ignoring Third-Party Security Risks

-Fear Trumps Anger When It Comes to Data Breaches – Angry Customers Vent, But Fearful Customers Don’t Come Back

-Over 130 Organisations and Millions of Individuals Believed to Be Impacted by MOVEit Hack, it Keeps Growing

-Widespread BEC Attacks Threaten European Organisations

-Lloyd’s Syndicates Sued Over Cyber Insurance

-95% Fear Inadequate Cloud Security Detection and Response

-The Growing Use of Generative AI and the Security Risks They Pose

-The CISO’s Toolkit Must Include Political Capital Within The C-Suite

-Microsoft Warns of Widescale Credential Stealing Attacks by Russian Hackers as War Ministers Reliant on Cyber Crime

-SMBs Plagued by Exploits, Trojans and Backdoors

Black Arrow AdminJuly 2, 2023arcserve, chrome, internet systems consortium, grafana, azure ad, sap, ddosia, powers, charming kitten, phonyc2, muddyc3, huawei, volt typhoon, zoho, monopolgy market, telegram, genworth, diablo iv, earlyrat, npm, pindos, super mario, k-12, clop, fis, putin, uber, siemens, schneider electric, barracuda, zurich, sec, zurich insurance group, moveit, malwarebytes, chatgpt, securities and exchange commission, federal trade commission, siemens electric, pwc, sony, ey, midnight blizzard, lloyds syndicates, university of california, ucla, capita, solarwinds, 3cx, cl0p, notpetya, lockbit, trickbot, conti, esxi, wagner, 8base, manchester university, ernst & young, calpers, singapore, pig-butchering, openai, lastpass, openssh, blacklotus, icedid, thirdeye, anasta, andariel, fluhorse, latitude, jokerspy, robotic falcon, multicloud, letmespy, jp morgan, sachklov, muddywater, powerstar, zyxel, fortinac, vmware aria operations, microsoft teams, muddles libra, mockingjay, outlook, microsoft 365, akira, tesla, twitter, metaverse, stalkerware, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

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