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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 28 January 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 January 2022

-UK Warned To Bolster Defences Against Cyber Attacks As Russia Threatens Ukraine - BBC News

-Cyber Attacks And Ransomware Hit A New Record In 2021, Says Report

-Ransomware Families Becoming More Sophisticated With Newer Attack Methods

-More Than 90% Of Enterprises Surveyed Have Been Hit By Successful Cyberattacks

-Ransomware Gangs Increase Efforts To Enlist Insiders For Attacks

-Shipment-Delivery Scams Become the Favoured Way to Spread Malware

-Most Ransomware Infections Are Self-Installed

-Staff Negligence Is Now A Major Reason For Insider Security Incidents

-22 Cyber Security Myths Organisations Need To Stop Believing In 2022

-Android Malware Can Factory-Reset Phones After Draining Bank Accounts

-GDPR Fines Surged Sevenfold to $1.25 Billion in 2021: Study

-Cyber Security In 2022 – A Fresh Look At Some Very Alarming Stats

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 January 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 January 2022

-Cyber Risks Top Worldwide Business Concerns In 2022

-Bosses Think That Security Is Taken Care Of: CISOs Aren't So Sure

-Fraud Is On the Rise, and It's Going to Get Worse

-Two-Fifths of Ransomware Victims Still Paying Up

-Less Than a Fifth of Cyber Leaders Feel Confident Their Organisation is Cyber-Resilient

-Endpoint Malware And Ransomware Detections Hit All-Time High

-End Users Remain Organisations' Biggest Security Risk

-Supply Chain Disruptions Rose In 2021

-Red Cross Begs Attackers Not to Leak Stolen Data for 515K People

-DHL Dethrones Microsoft As Most Imitated Brand In Phishing Attacks

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 January 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 January 2022

-Businesses Suffered 50% More Cyber Attack Attempts per Week in 2021

-Cyber Attacks Against MSPs Jump 67%

-SMEs Still An Easy Target For Cyber Criminals

-World Economic Forum: Cyber Security Failures an Increasing Global Threat

-Microsoft Faces Wormable, Critical RCE Bug & 6 Zero-Days

-Russia Arrests REvil Ransomware Gang Responsible for High-Profile Cyber Attacks

-North Korea Hackers Stole $400m Of Cryptocurrency In 2021, Report Says

-No Lights, No Heat, No Money - That's Life In Ukraine During Cyber Warfare

-Ukrainian Police Arrest Five Members Of Ransomware Affiliate

-Fingers Point To Lazarus, Cobalt, Fin7 As Key Hacking Groups Attacking Finance Industry

-Ransomware, Supply Chain, And Deepfakes: The Top Threats The Finance Industry Needs To Prepare For

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 December 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 December 2021

-Beware Of Ransomware Attacks Between Christmas and New Year’s!

-Why Holidays Put Your Company at Risk of Cyber Attack (And How to Take Precautions)

-Security Experts Sound Alarm on Zero-Day in Widely Used Log4j Tool

-SolarWinds Attackers Spotted Using New Tactics, Malware

-Cyber Crime Supply Chain: Fueling The Rise In Ransomware

-Weak Passwords Caused 30% Of Security Breaches

-Work-from-Anywhere Requires "Work-from-Anywhere Security"

-Just 3% of UK Firms Escaped a Supply Chain Breach in 2021

-Critical Flaw In ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP Tool Exploited In The Wild

-New Financial Services Industry Report Reveals Major Gaps in Storage and Backup Security

-UK’s Poor Cyber Risk Planning Could “Wreak Havoc”

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 September 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 September 2021

-Ransomware Preparedness Is Low Despite Executives’ Concerns

-MSPs That Cannot Modernize Will Find Themselves And Their Clients Falling Behind

-Two-Thirds Of Cloud Attacks Could Be Stopped By Checking Configurations, Research Finds

-Open Source Software Cyber Attacks Increasing By 650%, Popular Projects More Vulnerable

-Third-Party Cloud Providers: Expanding The Attack Surface

-Ransomware Encrypts South Africa's Entire Dept Of Justice Network

-2021’s Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses

-46% Of All On-Prem Databases Are Vulnerable To Attack, Breaches Expected To Grow

-Most Fortune 500 Companies’ External IT Infrastructure Considered At Risk

-Thousands Of Internet-Connected Databases Contain High Or Critical Vulnerabilities

-Only 30% Of Enterprises Use Cloud Services With End to End Encryption For External File Sharing

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 May 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 May 2021: New Technology Has Enabled Cyber-Crime On An Industrial Scale; Cyber Security Control Failures Listed As Top Emerging Risk; Third Parties Caused Data Breaches At 51% Of Organisations; Apple Devices Under Attack, Update Now; Ransomware Reality Shock - 92% Who Pay Do Not Get Their Data Back; New Vulnerabilities Impact 60% Of Email Servers; Big Rise In Double Extortion Ransomware; Millions At Security Risk From Old Routers; 30% Of All Smartphones Vulnerable To New Bug

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Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 09 October 2020: Jersey based insurance firm Ardonagh hit with ransomware; Boards increase cyber investment; spike in romance scams; Amazon Prime Day phishing spike

Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 09 October 2020: Jersey based insurance firm Ardonagh hit with ransomware; Boards increase cyber investment; spike in romance scams; cyber remains top business risk; ransomware surge as hackers take advantage of firms under pressure; Amazon Prime Day spurs phishing spike; new botnet wipes IoT devices; Emotet one of the most prevalent threats; Windows Error Reporting exploited

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