Blog

Our weekly Cyber Flash Briefing round up of top open source news and ‘Cyber Tip Tuesday’ videos

Posts tagged oauth
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 October 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 27 October 2023:

-More Companies Adopt Board-Level Cyber Security Committees

-Ransomware Attacks Rise by More Than 95% Over 2022, to All Time High

-Security Still Not a Priority for a Third of SMBs Despite 73% Suffering Cyber Attack Last Year

-More Than 46 Million Potential Cyber Attacks Logged Every Day

-Fighting Cyber Attacks Requires Top-Down Approach

-Email Security Threats are More Dangerous This Year as Over 200 Million Malicious Emails Detected in Q3 2023

-98% of Security Leaders Worry About Risks of Generative AI as Fears Drive Spending

-48% of Organisations Predict Cyber Attack Recovery Could Take Weeks

-Cyber Security Awareness Doesn't Cut It; It's Time to Focus on Behaviour

-How Cyber Security Has Evolved in The Past 20 Years

-Rising Global Tensions Could Portend Destructive Hacks

Read More
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 May 2023:

-50% of UK CEOs See Cyber as a Bigger Business Risk than the Economy

-Report Finds 78% of Organisations Felt Prepared for Ransomware Attacks, Yet Half Still Fell Victim

-SMBs and Regional MSPs are Increasingly Targeted by State-Sponsored APT Groups

-IT Employee Piggybacked on Cyber Attack for Personal Gain

-Ransomware Threats Are Growing, and Targeting Microsoft Devices More and More

-Microsoft Reports Jump in Business Email Compromise (BEC) Activity

-Forrester Predicts 2023’s Top Cyber security Threats: From Generative AI to Geopolitical Tensions

-Advanced Phishing Attacks Surge 356% in 2022

-Today’s Cyber Defence Challenges: Complexity and a False Sense of Security

-Almost All Ransomware Attacks Target Backups, Says Veeam

-NCSC Warns Against Chinese Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

-Half of all Companies were Impacted by Spearphishing in 2022

-Google's .zip, .mov Domains Give Social Engineers a Shiny New Tool

Read More
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 January 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 January 2022

-UK Warned To Bolster Defences Against Cyber Attacks As Russia Threatens Ukraine - BBC News

-Cyber Attacks And Ransomware Hit A New Record In 2021, Says Report

-Ransomware Families Becoming More Sophisticated With Newer Attack Methods

-More Than 90% Of Enterprises Surveyed Have Been Hit By Successful Cyberattacks

-Ransomware Gangs Increase Efforts To Enlist Insiders For Attacks

-Shipment-Delivery Scams Become the Favoured Way to Spread Malware

-Most Ransomware Infections Are Self-Installed

-Staff Negligence Is Now A Major Reason For Insider Security Incidents

-22 Cyber Security Myths Organisations Need To Stop Believing In 2022

-Android Malware Can Factory-Reset Phones After Draining Bank Accounts

-GDPR Fines Surged Sevenfold to $1.25 Billion in 2021: Study

-Cyber Security In 2022 – A Fresh Look At Some Very Alarming Stats

Read More
Black Arrow Adminukraine, cyber warfare, cyber physical, shipment delivery, self-installed, gdpr, fines, negligence, staff negligence, stats, numbers, buy now pay later, romance fraud, elder abuse, trickbot, brata, rat, flubot, teabot, mirai, tesla, lockbit, blackcat, log4j, dazzlespy, nobel foundation, crypto.com, apt29, apt27, c2, command and control, molerats, education, academia, experian, shared logins, onedrive, microsoft onedrive, identity theft, vw, volkswagen, rce, remote code execution, oauth, outlook, linux, apple, healthcare, black arrow, black arrow cyber, cyber experts, cyber consulting, cyber investigators, cyber, cyber security, infosec, information security, threat intel, threat intelligence, threat report, business risk, business risks, cyber risk management, risk management, cyber risk assessment, risk assessment, cyber incident response, cyber incident response team, cyber emergency response, computer incident response, computer emergency response, emergency response, subject matter experts, it security, trusted adviser, trusted partner, vciso, virtual chief information security officer, viso, information security officer, security executive on demand, security as a service, security on demand, cyber security strategy, cyber strategy, british intelligence, national security, uk national security, law enforcement, ftse 100, ftse100, offshore financial services, gfsc, guernsey financial services commission, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, cert-uk, cert.gg, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cisa, fbi, nsa, cia, dhs, sme, smb, small business, medium sized business, accounting, law firms, legal sector, schools, retail, maritime, aviation, transport, cni, scada, ics, industrial control systems, operational technology, ot, medical, pharma, pharmaceuticals, pci-dss, payment card, payment card industry, estate agents, estate agency, defence, child safety, parental controls, regulated firms, financial services, critical infrastructure, executives, insiders, insider threat, staff, users, senior executives, c-suite, boards, human element, human centric security, human centric, weakest link, fraud investigations, forensics, cyber forensics, forensic investigations, expert witness, technical investigations, apt, china, russia, iran, north korea, nation state actors, ransomware, bec, business email compromise, email, social engineering, phishing, spear-phishing, whaling, credentials, credential stuffing, extortion, blackmail, denial of service, ddos, botnet, cryptomining, cryptojacking, rootkits, rootkit, shadow it, zero-day, malware, vulnerability, vulnerabilities, vulnerability management, patch management, patching, insurance, cyber insurance, incident response, incident response plan, disaster recovery, disaster recovery plan, drp, business continuity, business continuity planning, training, education and awareness training, awareness, exercising, exercise, proctored exercise, facilitated exercise, simulations, gap analysis, cyber gap analysis, board upskilling, senior executive cyber risk and governance, senior executive cyber risk and governance workshops, technical assessment, technical analysis, penetration testing, pentesting, physical penetration testing, tas, targeted attack simulations, nist, iso 27001 iso27001, cyber essentials, cyber essentials plus, iasme, iasme governance, technical IT security hackers, criminals, cyber criminals, espionage, cyber espionage, fraudsters, fraud, scammers, scams, scam, organised crime, criminal actor, criminal actors, supply chain, third parties, mssp, msp, mac, macos, ios, iphone, android, microsoft, windows, cloud, dark web, databases, external it, internal it, encryption, cryptocurrencies, iot, ai, endpoint protection, antivirus, antimalware, wfh, work from home, dns, email gateway, online, open source, attack surface, andorra, anguilla, antigua and barbuda, aruba, bahamas, barbados, bermuda, british virgin islands, bvi, cayman islands, channel islands, ci, cyprus, dominica, dublin, dutch antilles, gibraltar, grenada, guernsey, isle of man, jersey, liechtenstein, london, luxembourg, malta, monaco, netherlands antilles, philippines, st kitts and nevis, st lucia, st vincent and grenadines, switzerland, turks and caicos islands, scotland, edinburgh, glasgow, bristol, southampton, portsmouth, exeter, europe, offshore
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 December 2021

-Beware Of Ransomware Attacks Between Christmas and New Year’s!

-Why Holidays Put Your Company at Risk of Cyber Attack (And How to Take Precautions)

-Security Experts Sound Alarm on Zero-Day in Widely Used Log4j Tool

-SolarWinds Attackers Spotted Using New Tactics, Malware

-Cyber Crime Supply Chain: Fueling The Rise In Ransomware

-Weak Passwords Caused 30% Of Security Breaches

-Work-from-Anywhere Requires "Work-from-Anywhere Security"

-Just 3% of UK Firms Escaped a Supply Chain Breach in 2021

-Critical Flaw In ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP Tool Exploited In The Wild

-New Financial Services Industry Report Reveals Major Gaps in Storage and Backup Security

-UK’s Poor Cyber Risk Planning Could “Wreak Havoc”

Read More
Black Arrow Adminblack arrow, black arrow cyber, cyber experts, cyber consulting, cyber investigators, fraud investigations, cyber forensics, forensic investigations, cyber, cyber security, infosec, information security, guernsey, gfsc, regulated firms, financial services, aviation, accounting, law firms, legal sector, retail, online, cpni, mi5, ncsc, cisa, fbi, national cyber security centre, gchq, cert, cert.gg, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, threat intel, threat intelligence, threat report, ransomware, executives, msp, mssp, cloud, open source, attack surface, hackers, criminals, dark web, remote code execution, rce, zero-day, databases, microsoft, windows, vulnerability, vulnerabilities, vulnerability management, patch management, patching, external it, fraud, bec, business email compromise, email, social engineering, phishing, spear-phishing, whaling, malware, encryption, fraudsters, scammers, scam, organised crime, criminal actor, criminal actors, supply chain, third parties, cryptocurrencies, cryptomining, apple, mac, macos, ios, iphone, android, iot, credentials, credential stuffing, denial of service, ddos, botnet, apt, china, russia, iran, north korea, ai, cyber warfare, espionage, insurance, cyber insurance, incident response, incident response plan, disaster recovery, disaster recovery plan, drp, business continuity, business continuity planning, insiders, staff, users, training, education and awareness training, education, awareness, human element, human centric security, human centric, weakest link, endpoint protection, antivirus, antimalware, wfh, work from home, dns, critical infrastructure, cni, rootkits, rootkit, shadow it, darktrace, log4j, java, log4shell, apache, solarwinds, nobelium, trend micro, work from anywhere, saas, manageengine, house of lords, emotet, ireland, hse, karakurt, spar, cerber, blackcat, oauth, google, qr codes, trickbot, notepad++, glupteba, fake advertising, malvertising, qnap, burn out, romance fraud, passports, nist, quantum cryptography, azure, cisco, tp-link, mirai, wordpress, mikrotik, hellmann, german, conti, israel
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 March 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 March 2021: Cyber Warfare Will Grind Britain’s Economy To A Halt; $2 Billion Lost To BEC Scams In 2020; Ransomware Gangs Targets Firms With Cyber Insurance; Three Billion Phishing Emails Are Sent Every Day; $50 Million Ransomware For Computer Maker Acer; Office 365 Phishing Attack Targets Financial Execs; MS Exchange Hacking, Thousands Of Email Servers Still Compromised; Average Ransom Payment Surged 171% in 2020; Phishers’ Perfect Targets: Employees Getting Back To The Office; Nasty Malware Stealing Amazon, Facebook And Google Passwords

Read More