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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 29 September 2023 – Billions of Usernames and Passwords Leaked Online And Major Charities Hit by Cyber Attack

Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 29 September 2023 – Billions of Usernames and Passwords Leaked Online And Major Charities Hit by Cyber Attack

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 December 2021

-The Log4j Flaw Will Take Years to be Fully Addressed

-Copycat And Fad Hackers Will Be The Bane Of Supply Chain Security In 2022

-This Nightmare Incident Shows Why You Really Shouldn't Store Passwords In Your Browser

-Kaspersky Research: 47% of Incident Response Requests Linked to Ransomware

-Global Cyber Attacks from Nation-State Actors Posing Greater Threats

-Y2k22 Bug Is Causing Microsoft Exchange Server To Fail Worldwide: FIP-FS Scan Engine Failed To Load

-External Attackers Can Penetrate Most Local Company Networks

-The Have I Been Pwned Service Now Includes 441K Accounts Stolen By RedLine Malware

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 November 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 November 2021

-Insurers Run From Ransomware Cover As Losses Mount

-The Ransomware Threat Is Getting Worse. But Businesses Still Aren't Taking It Seriously

-Ransomware Is Now A Giant Black Hole That Is Sucking In All Other Forms Of Cyber Crime

-52% Of SMBs Have Experienced A Cyber Attack In The Last Year

-Ransomware Phishing Emails Sneak Through SEGs

-Reality Check: Your Security Hygiene Is Worse Than You Think It Is

-The Covid-19 Crisis Has Fueled The Increase Of Cyber Crime In All Its Forms

-Ransomware Attacks Are Getting More Complex And Even Harder To Prevent

-Most Ransomware Attacks Rely On Exploiting Older, Unpatched Vulnerabilities

-Out-Of-Hours Ransomware Attacks Have A Greater Impact On Revenue

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 November 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 November 2021

-500 Million Attempted Ransomware Attacks (So Far) in 2021, With No Sign Of Slowing

-Top 10 Ways Attackers Are Increasing Pressure On Their Ransomware Victims To Pay

-40% Of Organisations Suffered A Cloud-Based Data Breach In The Past 12 Months

-Midsize Business Cyber Attacks: A Security Reality Check

-70% Of Dev Teams Admit To Skipping Security Steps

-79% Of IT Teams Have Seen Increase In Endpoint Security Breaches

-Enterprises With Subsidiaries More Prone To Cyber Attacks, Study Says

-Cisco Talos Reports New Variant Of Babuk Ransomware Targeting Exchange Servers

-Ransomware Gangs Target Corporate Financial Activities

-Web Of Deceit: The Rising Threat Of Ransomware

-While Businesses Are Ramping Up Their Risk Mitigation Efforts, They Could Be Doing More

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 September 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 September 2021

-Ransomware Attacks Soar 288% in H1 2021

-Ransomware Costs Expected To Reach $265 Billion By 2031

-Brute Force Email Attacks and Account Takeover Attempts Rise 671%, Reaching Unprecedented Levels, Causing Financial And Reputational Damage

-Investigation Into Hacked "Map" Of UK Gun Owners

-Eight US Financial Services Firms Given Six-Figure Fines Over BEC Data Breaches

-Ransomware Has Been A ‘Game Changer’ For Cyber Insurance

-WhatsApp hit with $267 million GDPR fine for bungling user privacy disclosure

-Microsoft Warns About Open Redirect Phishing Campaign

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 August 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 August 2021:

-Third of Global Companies Have Experienced Ransomware Attack, Survey Finds

-Company Size Is A Nonissue With Automated Cyberattack Tools

-60% Of Employees Reuse Passwords Across Business And Personal Accounts

-LockBit 2.0 Ransomware Proliferates Globally

-Secret Terrorist Watchlist With 2 Million Records Exposed Online

-Phishing Costs Quadruple Over 6 Years

-Security Teams Report Rise In Cyber Risk

-Phishing Attacks Increase In H1 2021, Sharp Jump In Crypto Attacks

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 July 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 July 2021: 40% Fell Victim To A Phishing Attack In The Past Month; Traditional Ransomware Defences Are Failing Businesses; The Number Of Employees Going Around IT Security May Surprise You; 740 Ransomware Victims Named On Data Leak Sites In Q2 2021; A More Dynamic Approach Is Needed To Tackle Today’s Evolving Cyber Security Threats; Law Firm For Ford, Boeing, Exxon, Marriott, Walgreens, And More Hacked In Ransomware Attack; UK And Allies Accuse China Of 'Reckless' Cyber Extortion And Microsoft Hack; Even after Emotet takedown, Office docs deliver 43% of all malware downloads now; Gun owners' fears after firearms dealer data breach

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LinkedIn breach reportedly exposes data of 92% of users, including inferred salaries

LinkedIn breach reportedly exposes data of 92% of users, including inferred salaries

A second massive LinkedIn breach reportedly exposes the data of 700M users, which is more than 92% of the total 756M users. The database is for sale on the dark web, with records including phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation data, and inferred salaries.

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 June 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 June 2021: Ransomware Now Ranks As UK’s Top Cyber Security Danger; 54% of all employees reuse passwords across accounts; Most Firms Face Second Ransomware Attack After Paying Off First; Bad Cyber Security Behaviours Plaguing The Remote Workforce; VPN Attacks Up Nearly 2000% As Companies Embrace A Hybrid Workplace; Over 65,000 Ransomware Attacks Expected In 2021; Business Leaders Now Feel More Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 June 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 June 2021: World’s Biggest Meat Producer JBS Pays $11m Ransom; New Type Of Ransomware Could Be 10 Times As Dangerous; Lewd Phishing Lures Aimed At Business Explode; UK Schools Forced To Shut Following Ransomware; COVID-19 Has Transformed Work, But Cyber Security Is Not Keeping Pace; Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack Stemmed From Old VPN Password; Evil Corp Rebrands Ransomware To Escape Sanctions; Billions Of Passwords Leaked Online From Past Data Breaches

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 April 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 16 April 2021: 61% Of Employees Fail Basic Cyber Security Quiz; More Than 1,900 Hacking Groups Active Today; Ransomware Crisis Worsens; Enterprise Security Attackers Are One Password Away From Your Worst Day; Microsoft’s April Update Patches 114 Bugs; Nation-State Attacks Targeting Businesses Rise; Criminals Installing Cryptojacking Malware On Unpatched Exchange Servers; Network Vulns Affect Over 100 Million Devices; Brits Still Confused By Multi-Factor Authentication

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 March 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 March 2021: New Strain Of Ransomware Implements Self-Spreading Capabilities; One In Four People Use Work Passwords For Consumer Websites; Massive Rise In Threats Across Expanding Attack Surfaces; Half of Orgs Concerned Remote Working Puts Them at Greater Risk of Cyber Attacks; Microsoft Patches Four Zero-Day Exchange Server Bugs; A Booming Trade In Bugs Is Undermining Cyber Security; Weaponized Spectre Exploit Discovered; Solarwinds Security Fiasco May Have Started With Simple Password Blunders

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 December 2020

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 December 2020: Cyber crime costs the world more than $1 trillion, 50% increase from 2018; One of the world's largest security firms breached; Chinese Breakthrough in Quantum Computing a Warning for Security Teams; Ransom payouts hit record-highs, surging 178% in a year; Ransomware Set to Continue to Evolve

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 04 December 2020

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 4 December 2020: Covid vaccine supply chain targeted by hackers; Criminals Favour Ransomware and BEC; Bank Employee Sells Personal Data of 200,000 Clients; 2020 Pandemic changing short- and long-term approaches to risk; Cyber risks take the fun out of connected toys; Remote Workers Admit Lack of Security Training

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 November 2020

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 November 2020

Welcome to this week’s Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing – a weekly digest, collated and curated by our cyber experts to provide senior and middle management with an easy to digest round up of the most notable threats, vulnerabilities and cyber related news from the last week.

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Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 10 July 2020: firms concerned by cloud security: most already breached, 15 Billion passwords on sale, routers present huge risk, BMW cust breach, NK hackers target retail

Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 10 July 2020: firms concerned by cloud security: most already breached, 15 Billion passwords on sale, routers present huge risk, BMW cust breach, NK hackers target retail

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Week in review 19 January 2020 – hacker leaks IoT passwords, WordPress plugin vulns, Oracle record patch haul, 25% of users fall for phishing, quarter of PCs vulnerable now Windows 7 unsupported

Week in review 19 January 2020 – hacker leaks IoT passwords, WordPress plugin vulns, Oracle record patch haul, 25% of users fall for phishing, quarter of PCs vulnerable now Windows 7 unsupported

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