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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 January 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 19 January 2024:

-World Economic Forum and UN Warn of Growing ‘Cyber Insecurity’ Amid Heightened Threat Landscape

-Cyber Attacks Reveal Fragility of Financial Markets as Attacks on Financial Services Sector Surge

-Researcher Uncovers One of The Biggest Password Dumps in Recent History

-Email Nightmare: 94% of Firms Hit by Phishing Attacks in 2023

-75% of Organisations Hit by Ransomware in 2023

-The Dangers of Quadruple Blow Ransomware Attacks

-Human Error and Insiders Expose Millions in UK Law Firm Data Breaches

-It’s a New Year and a Good Time for a Cyber Security Checkup

-Applying the Tyson Principle to Cyber Security: Why Attack Simulations are Key to Avoiding Disaster

-Cyber Threats Top Global Business Risk Concern for 2024

-Generative AI has CEOs Worried About Cyber Security, PwC Survey Says

-With Attacks on the Upswing, Cyber Insurance Premiums Poised to Rise Too

-Digital Resilience – a Step Up from Cyber Security

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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 11 March 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 March 2022

-Sharp Rise in SMB Cyberattacks By Russia And China

-We're Seeing An 800% Increase in Cyber Attacks, Says One MSP

-Internet Warfare: How The Russians Could Paralyse Britain

-Just 3% Of Employees Cause 92% Of Malware Events

-70% Of Breached Passwords Are Still in Use

-Organisations Taking Nearly Two Months To Remediate Critical Risk Vulnerabilities

-Android Malware Escobar Steals Your Google Authenticator MFA Codes

-Smartphone Malware Is On The Rise - Here's How To Stay Safe

-Russia May Use Ransomware Payouts to Avoid Sanctions’ Financial Harm

-How An 8-Character Password Could Be Cracked in Less Than An Hour

-Cyber Insurance and Business Risk: How the Relationship Is Changing Reinsurance & Policy Guidance

-Security Teams Prep Too Slowly for Cyber Attacks

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 February 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 February 2022

-Small Businesses Facing Upwards of 11 Cyber Threats Per Day Per Device

-As Ukraine Tensions Rise, UK Organisations Should Protect Themselves From Cyber Threats

-Microsoft Teams Targeted With Takeover Trojans

-The European Central Bank is Warning Banks of Possible Russia-Linked Cyber Attack Amid the Rising Crisis With Ukraine

-Companies Face Soaring Prices For Cyber Insurance

-Even When Warned, Businesses Ignore Critical Vulnerabilities And Hope For The Best

-Ransomware-Related Data Leaks Nearly Doubled in 2021: Report

-Online Fraud Skyrocketing: Gaming, Streaming, Social Media, Travel and Ecommerce Hit the Most

-Poor Security Hygiene Organisations and Ransomware Attacks: Painful Math

-Security Teams Expect Attackers to Go After End Users First

-US Warns of Imminent Russian Invasion of Ukraine With Tanks, Jet Fighters, Cyber Attacks

-TrickBot Malware Targeted Customers of 60 High-Profile Companies Since 2020

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 February 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 February 2022:

-Why Cyber Change Outpaces Boardroom Engagement

-NCSC Alerts UK Orgs To Brace For Destructive Russian Cyber Attacks

-Ransomware: Over Half Of Attacks Are Targeting These Three Industries

-Third of Employees Admit to Exfiltrating Data When Leaving Their Job

-Massive Social Engineering Waves Have Impacted Banks In Several Countries

-Ransomware Is Terrifying – But Never Underestimate The Damage An Employee With Unmonitored Access Can Do

-People Working In IT Related Roles Equally Susceptible To Phishing Attempts As The General Population

-FBI Says More Cyber Attacks Come From China Than Everywhere Else Combined

-Managing Detections Is Not the Same as Stopping Breaches

-From War to Web Security, Protect Your Attack Surface from the Weakest Link

-Number Of Data Compromises Reaching All-Time High

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 December 2021:

-Employees Think They’re Safe From Cyber Threats On Company Devices

-Internet Is Scrambling To Fix Log4shell, The Worst Hack In History

-Apache Log4j Flaw: A Fukushima Moment for the Cyber Security Industry

-60% of UK Workers Have Been Victim of a Cyber-Attack, Yet Awareness Remains Low

-Ransomware in 2022: We're All Screwed

-Attacks on UK Firms Increase Five-Fold During Pandemic

-The Log4J Software Flaw Is ‘Christmas Come Early’ for Cyber Criminals

-Why Cloud Storage Isn't Immune to Ransomware

-400 Banks’ Customers Targeted with Anubis Trojan

-Sites Hacked With Credit Card Stealers Undetected For Months

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 November 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 November 2021:

-Covid Impact Heightens Risk Of Cyber Security Breaches

-81% of Organisations Experienced Increased Cyber-Threats During COVID-19

-Phishing Attacks Grow 31.5% Over 2020, Social Media Attacks Continue To Climb

-Threat from Organised Cybercrime Syndicates Is Rising

-Ransomware Gangs Are Using These 'Ruthless' Tactics As They Aim For Bigger Payouts

-Firms Will Struggle to Secure Extended Attack Surface in 2022

-Millions Of Home Wi-Fi Routers Threatened By Malware — What To Do

-Vulnerabilities Associated With Ransomware Increased 4.5% In Q3 2021

-80% Of Organisations Experienced Employees Misusing And Abusing Access To Business Apps

-Gen Z Is Behaving Recklessly Online - And Will Live To Regret It

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 August 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 August 2021

-Cyber Crime Losses Triple To £1.3bn In 1h 2021

-New Ransomware Wake-Up Call

-22% Of Cyber Security Incidents In H1 2021 Were Ransomware Attacks

-Key Email Threats And The High Cost Of Business Email Compromise

-Microsoft Warns Thousands Of Cloud Customers Of Exposed Databases

-58% Of IT Leaders Worried Their Business Could Become A Target Of Rising Nation State Attacks

-Cyber Insurance Market Encounters ‘Crisis Moment’ As Ransomware Costs Pile Up

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