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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 October 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 October 2021

-Many Organisations Lack Basic Cyber Hygiene Despite High Confidence In Their Cyber Defences

-83% Of Ransomware Victims Paid Ransom: Survey

-Report: Ransomware Affected 72% Of Organizations In Past Year

-Ransomware: Looking For Weaknesses In Your Own Network Is Key To Stopping Attacks

-A Hacker Warns: Give Up Trying To Keep Me Out — And Focus On Your Data

-Cyber Risk Trends Driving The Surge In Ransomware Incidents

-US Ransomware Victims Paid $600 Million to Hackers in 1H of 2021

-Hacking Group Created Fake Cyber Security Companies To Hire Experts And Involve Them In Ransomware Attacks Tricking Them Of Conducting A Pentest

-Nearly Three-Quarters of Organizations Victimized by DNS Attacks in Past 12 Months

-Cyber Crime Matures As Hackers Are Forced To Work Smarter

-Hackers Stealing Browser Cookies to Hijack High-Profile YouTube Accounts

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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 04 June 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 04 June 2021: Cyber Insurers Recoil As Ransomware Attacks ‘Skyrocket’; US Puts Cyber Crime On Par With Terror After Ransomware Attacks; Cyber Attack Leaves 7,000 Out Of Work; Irish Health Service Patient Data Leaked Online; Enterprise Networks Vulnerable To 20-Year-Old Exploits; US Seize Domains Used By SolarWinds Intruders For Spear-Phishing; Hacker Group DarkSide Operates Like A Franchise; Interpol Intercepts $83M Fighting Financial Cyber Crime

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Cyber Briefing 23 October 2020: Ransomware Continues to Evolve; Infected IoT Up 100%; Brute Force Attacks Up with more Open RDP Ports; 40% Unsure on Mobile Phishing; Most Imitated Phishing Brands

Cyber Briefing 23 October 2020: Ransomware Variants Evolve as Crooks Chase Bigger Paydays; Infected IoT Surges 100% in a Year; Brute Force Attacks Up Due To More Open RDP Ports; 40% of Users Not Sure What Mobile Phishing Is; Microsoft Most Imitated Phishing Brand Q3 2020; DDoS Triples as Ransoms Re-Emerge; Exploited Chrome Bug Fixed; WordPress Forces Security Update; The Most Worrying Vulns Around Today

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