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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 December 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 08 December 2023:

-Cyber Attacks More Likely Than Fire or Theft, as Fifth of UK Businesses Fallen Victim To Cyber Attack in Past Year

-Russia Hacking: 'FSB in Years-Long Cyber Attacks on UK', Says Government

-NCSC CTO Cyber Security is Essential, Not Optional

-69% of Organisations Paid Ransoms, contributing to Inflation as Firms Increase Costs

-75% of Sports Related Passwords are Reused Across Accounts

-Ransomware in 2024: Anticipated Impact, Targets, and Landscape Shift

-Ransomware, Vendor Hacks Push Breach Number to Record High

-Nuclear Hack Creates Rising Fears of Cyber Vulnerability in Critical Infrastructure

-Thousands of House Purchases Frozen by Cyber Attack; Will They Complete Before Christmas?

-US Government Agency Was Hacked Thanks to 'End of Life' Software

-Digital Transformation, Security Implications, and their Effects on The Modern Workplace

-Third Party Breaches Shake up Energy Sector, with 90% Suffering from Third-Party Breach

-Report Reveals Sorry State of Cyber Security at UK Football Clubs

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 December 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 01 December 2023:

-Law Firms Face Surge in Targeted Attacks as Hundreds Impacted by Single Attack

-Approach Cyber Security Awareness Training by Engaging People at All Levels

-Board Support Remains Critical as Majority of CISOs Experience Repeat Cyber Attacks

-Ransomware Attacks Surge 81% in October as New Threat Actors Emerge

-Hacked Microsoft Word Documents Being Used to Trick Windows Users

-Mitigating Deepfake Threats in The Corporate World

-Black Basta Ransomware Made Over $100 Million From Extortion Alone

-Long Recovery Times After Cyber Attacks Could Annihilate Your Organisation

-Booking.com Customers Scammed in Novel Social Engineering Campaign

-Stop Panic Buying Your Security Products and Start Prioritising

-A Fifth of UK SMBs Unable to Spot Scams

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 May 2023:

-50% of UK CEOs See Cyber as a Bigger Business Risk than the Economy

-Report Finds 78% of Organisations Felt Prepared for Ransomware Attacks, Yet Half Still Fell Victim

-SMBs and Regional MSPs are Increasingly Targeted by State-Sponsored APT Groups

-IT Employee Piggybacked on Cyber Attack for Personal Gain

-Ransomware Threats Are Growing, and Targeting Microsoft Devices More and More

-Microsoft Reports Jump in Business Email Compromise (BEC) Activity

-Forrester Predicts 2023’s Top Cyber security Threats: From Generative AI to Geopolitical Tensions

-Advanced Phishing Attacks Surge 356% in 2022

-Today’s Cyber Defence Challenges: Complexity and a False Sense of Security

-Almost All Ransomware Attacks Target Backups, Says Veeam

-NCSC Warns Against Chinese Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

-Half of all Companies were Impacted by Spearphishing in 2022

-Google's .zip, .mov Domains Give Social Engineers a Shiny New Tool

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 May 2023:

-Triple Threat: Insecure Economy, Cyber Crime Recruitment and Insider Threats

-Insured Companies More Likely to be Ransomware Victims, Sometimes More Than Once

-Ensuring Security Remains/Becomes Everyone’s Responsibility

-Software Supply Chain Attacks Hit 61% of Firms

-More than 2.25 Million Exposed Assets on the Dark Web Tied to Fortune 1000 Employees

-Law Enforcement Crackdowns and New Techniques are Forcing Cyber Criminals to Pivot

-Talking Security Strategy: Why Cyber Security Requires a Seat at the Boardroom Table

-How Incident Response Rehearsals and Readiness Exercises Can Aid Incident Response

-Ransomware’s Real Goals are to Exploit Internet Facing Apps, Mine Intellectual Property and Grab Sensitive Information

-Organisations’ Cyber Resilience Efforts Fail to Keep Up with Evolving Threats

-Fraudsters Send Fake Invoice, Follow Up with Fake Executive Confirmation

-Capita Warns Customers They Should Assume Data was Stolen

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