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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 September 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 22 September 2023:
-New Ransomware Victims Surge by 47% as Small Businesses Targeted
-MGM Resorts Lost Millions of Dollars a Day in What Should be a Wakeup Call for Corporate Boards
-SMEs Overestimate Their Cyber Security Preparedness
-China’s Hacking Power Bigger Than Rest of World Combined
-Cyber Insurance Claims for Ransomware Reach Record High
-Cyber Security Still Remains the Greatest Concern for Many C-Suite Executives
-Bad Torts: Law Firms Feel the Heat from Rising Cyber Threats
-Attacker Deepfakes IT Employees’ Voice in Phone Call to Breach Company
-Insider Risks are Getting Increasingly Costly as Organisations Fail to Proactively Address Them
-Half of Executives Expect Supply Chain Challenges
-How Social Engineering Takes Advantage of Your Kindness
-Employers Blame Employees as 54% of Firms Face Cyber Attacks Annually
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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 April 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 April 2023:
-Almost Half of Former Employees Say Their Passwords Still Work
-Efficient Risk Based Patch Management Means Eliminating Just 2% of Exposures Could Protect 90% of Critical Assets
-Printers Pose Persistent Yet Overlooked Threat
-Employees Are as Likely as Cyber Criminals to Cause Cyber Incidents
-Over 90% of Organisations Find Threat Hunting a Challenge
-75% of Organisations Have Suffered a Cyber Security Breach
-Leak Shows Evolving Russian Cyber War Capabilities
-Outsourced Payroll and HR Services Firm Forced to Shut Down After Cyber Attack
-When a Cyber Criminal Steals Personal Data from Your Organisation What Do You Do and Who Do You Need to Inform?
-Insider Threat and Ransomware: A Growing Issue
-How LockBit Changed Cyber Security Forever
-Hybrid Work Environments Are Stressing CISOs
-Protect Your Data with a USB Condom
-Strategising Cyber Security: Why a Risk-based Approach is Key
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 January 2023:
-Supply Chain Attacks Caused More Data Compromises Than Malware
-What Makes Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Vulnerable to BEC Attacks
-Understanding Your Attack Surface Makes It Easier to Prioritise Technologies and Systems
-Cyber Security Pros Sound Alarm Over Insider Threats
-Ransomware Attack Hit KFC and Pizza Hut Stores in the UK
-Forthcoming SEC Rules Will Trigger ‘Tectonic Shift’ in How Corporate Boards Treat Cyber Security
-Why CISOs Make Great Board Members
-View From Davos: The Changing Economics of Cyber Crime
-Cloud Based Networks Under Increasing Attack, Report Finds
-GoTo Admits: Customer Cloud Backups Stolen Together with Decryption Key
-State-Linked Hackers in Russia and Iran are Targeting UK Groups, NCSC Warns
-3.7 Million Customers’ Data of Hilton Hotels Put Up For Sale
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 January 2023:
-Experts at Davos 2023 Call for a Global Response to the Gathering 'Cyber Storm'
-Cost of Data Breaches to Global Businesses at Five-Year High
-European Data Protection Authorities Issue Record €2.92 Billion In GDPR Fines, an Increase of 168%
-PayPal Accounts Breached in Large-Scale Credential Stuffing Attack
-Royal Mail Boss to Face MPs’ Questions Over Russian Ransomware Attack
-Third-Party Risk Management: Why 2023 Could be the Perfect Time to Overhaul your TPRM Program
-EU Cyber Resilience Regulation Could Translate into Millions in Fines
-Russian Hackers Try to Bypass ChatGPT's Restrictions for Malicious Purposes
-New Report Reveals CISOs Rising Influence
-ChatGPT and its Perilous Use as a "Force Multiplier" for Cyber Attacks
-Mailchimp Discloses a New Security Breach, the Second One in 6 Months