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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 September 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 08 September 2023:

-More Than Half of UK Organisations Know They Aren’t Well Protected

-Generative AI Considered a Security Risk by 60% of Board Members: How Organisations Can Prepare

-Businesses Ignore Incident Response at Their Peril

-Blame Culture: An Organisation’s Ticking Time Bomb

-Spend to Save: CFO’s and Cyber Security Investment

-Cyber Security Tools Are New Targets for Attackers, including Nation-State Actors

-Attackers Access UK Military Data Through Third Party Supplier as Relentless Russian Cyber Attacks Raise Spectre of WW3

-Common Tactics Used by Threat Actors to Weaponise PDFs

-Years-old Microsoft Security Holes Still Hot Targets for Cyber Criminals

-Popular ‘As-a-Service’ Operations Have Earned Cyber Criminals over $64m

-71% of Organisations are Impacted by Cyber Security Skills Shortage

-Multiple Schools Hit by Cyber Attacks Before Term Begins

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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 July 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 July 2023:

-Cyber Attacks Against Mobile Devices Growing Fast

-One Third of Security Breaches Go Unnoticed by Security Professionals

-Cyber Security Experts Have Become Targets for Board Seats

-Phishing Attack Prevention as Email Attacks Surge Over 450%

-Outsmarting Business Email Compromise Scammers

-Small Organisations Face Security Threats on a Limited Budget

-Cloud Security: Sometimes the Risks May Outweigh the Rewards

-Cl0p's MOVEit Campaign Represents a New Era in Cyber Attacks

-75% of Consumers Prepared to Ditch Brands Hit by Ransomware

-Scammers Using AI Voice Technology to Commit Crimes

-What are the Causes of Data Loss and What it the Impact on Your Organisation?

-Ransomware Affiliates, Triple Extortion, and the Dark Web Ecosystem

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 June 2023:

-How to Keep Cyber Attacks from Tanking Your Balance Sheet

-Company Size Doesn’t Matter When It Comes to Cyber Attacks

-‘Exceptional’ Cyber Attacks Now Normal, says BT Security Chief

-How State-Sponsored/Advanced Persistent Threat Groups (APTs) Target SMBs

-Phishing Campaigns Thrive as Evasive Tactics Outsmart Conventional Detection

-Don't be Polite When you Get a Text from a Wrong Number

-Capita Cyber Attack: 90 Downstream Organisations Reported Data Breaches

-Travel-Themed Phishing, BEC Campaigns Get Smarter as Summer Season Arrives

-Organisations Spend 100 Hours Battling Post-Delivery Email Threats

-Ransomware Gangs Adopting Business-like Practices to Boost Profits

-The Sobering Truth About Ransomware—For The 80% Who Paid Up

-The Great CISO Resignation: Why Security Leaders are Quitting in Droves

-When is it Time for a Cyber Hygiene Audit?

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 March 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 March 2023:

-Business Email Compromise Attacks Can Take Just Hours

-Research Reveals ‘Password’ is Still the Most Common Term used by Hackers to Breach Enterprise Networks

-Just 10% of Firms Can Resolve Cloud Threats in an Hour

-MSPs in the Crosshair of Ransomware Gangs

-Stolen Credentials Increasingly Empower the Cyber Crime Underground

-It’s Time to Assess the Potential Dangers of an Increasingly Connected World

-Mounting Cyber Threats Mean Financial Firms Urgently Need Better Safeguards

-Developers Leaked 10m Credentials Including Passwords in 2022

-Cyber Threat Detections Surges 55% In 2022

-European Central Bank Tells Banks to Run Cyber Stress Tests after Rise in Hacker Attacks

-Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Business Data to ChatGPT

-Is Ransomware Declining? Not So Fast Experts Say

-Preventing Corporate Data Breaches Starts With Remembering That Leaks Have Real Victims

-Faced With Likelihood of Ransomware Attacks, Businesses Still Choosing to Pay Up

-Experts See Growing Need for Cyber Security Workers as One in Six Jobs go Unfilled

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 December 2021

-Cyber Criminals Shifting Focus: IT Sector Most Targeted In 2021

-Log4j Flaw: Attackers Are 'Actively Scanning Networks' Warns New Guidance, Joint Advisory from Cyber Agencies in US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom

-New Ransomware Variants Flourish Amid Law Enforcement Actions

-93% of Tested Networks Vulnerable to Breach, Pen Testers Find

-Dridex Malware Trolls Employees With Fake Job Termination Emails

-More Than 35,000 Java Packages Impacted By Log4j Flaw, Google Warns

-Conti Ransomware Gang Has Full Log4Shell Attack Chain

-Second Ransomware Family Exploiting Log4j Spotted In US, Europe

-Threat actors steal $80 million per month with fake giveaways, surveys

-Microsoft Teams might have a few serious security issues

-The Future of Work Has Changed, and Your Security Mindset Needs to Follow

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 December 2021

-Double Extortion Ransomware Victims Soar 935%

-MI6 Boss: Digital Attack Surface Growing "Exponentially"

-How Phishing Kits Are Enabling A New Legion Of Pro Phishers

-Crooks Are Selling Access To Hacked Networks. Ransomware Gangs Are Their Biggest Customers

-Omicron Phishing Scam Already Spotted in UK

-Phishing Remains the Most Common Cause of Data Breaches, Survey Says

-Ransomware Victims Increase Security Budgets Due To Surge In Attacks

-Control Failures Are Behind A Growing Number Of Cyber Security Incidents

-MI6 Spy Chief Says China, Russia, Iran Top UK Threat List

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 09 July 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 09 July 2021: Hackers Demand $70 Million To End Biggest Ransomware Attack On Record; Zero Day Malware Reached An All-Time High In Q1 2021; New Trojan Malware Steals Millions Of Login Credentials; MacOS Targeted In WildPressure APT Malware Campaign; The Cost Of Cyber Insurance Increased 32% Last Year And Shows No Signs Of Easing; Critical Flaws In Windows Print Spooler Service Could Allow For Remote Attacks; British Airways Settles Over Record Claim For Data Breach; Hackers On Loose As 9,000 Data Leaks A Year Recorded

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