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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 September 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 15 September 2023:

-Overconfident Organisations Prone to Cyber Breaches

-Board Members Struggling to Understand Cyber Risks

-Cyber Criminals are Targeting Top Executives and Could be Using Sensitive Information to Extort Them

-Cyber Attacks Reach Fever Pitch in Q2 2023

-Ransomware Attacks Hit Record Levels in UK as More Companies Fail to Tackle Growing Threats

-Microsoft Warns of More Attacks as Ransomware Spreads Through Teams Phishing

-Europol - Financial Crime Makes “Billions” and Impacts “Millions”

-Almost One in Three Parents Have Never Spoken to Their Children About Cyber Security

-Hackers are Dropping USB Drives Outside Buildings to Target Networks

-Data Theft is Now the No. 1 Cyber Security Threat Keeping Execs Awake at Night

-If You Didn’t Change Your Passwords After the LastPass Data Breach, Do It Now

-Cloud Vulnerabilities Surge Nearly 200% as Cloud Credentials Become the New Hot Ticket on the Dark Web

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 9th June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 09 June 2023:

-74% of Breaches Involve Human Element- Make Employees Your Best Asset

-Cyber Security Agency Urges Vigilance as MOVEit Attack Impacts Major Companies Including British Airways, Boots and the BBC

-CISOs and IT Lack Confidence in Executives’ Cyber Defence Knowledge as the Spotlight Falls on the Boardroom

-Only 1 in 10 CISOs are Board-ready as Nearly Half of Boards Lack Cyber Expertise

-BEC Volumes and Ransomware Costs Double in a Year

-Hackers are Targeting C-Suite Executives Through Their Personal Email

-Proactive Detection is Crucial as Organisations Lack Effective Threat Research

-Number of Vulnerabilities Exploited Rose by 55%

-Ransomware Behind Most Cyber Attacks, with Record-breaking May

-4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address

-North Korea Makes 50% of Income from Cyber Attacks

-Going Beyond “Next Generation” Network Security

-Worldwide 2022 Email Phishing Statistics and Examples

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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

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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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