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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 May 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 03 May 2024:
-Most Attacks Impacting SMB’s Target Older, Unpatched Vulnerabilities
-91% of Ransomware Victims Paid At least One Ransom in the Past Year, as 1 in 5 Ransomware Attacks Triggers Lawsuit
-BEC and Fund Transfer Fraud Top Insurance Claims
-Correlating Cyber Investments with Business Outcomes
-Vulnerability Exploitation up 180%, 68% of Breaches involved Humans and Supply Chain Weak Link
-MOVEit & Change Healthcare Attacks Designated as Cyber Catastrophe Loss Events by Insurer
-Securing Your Organisation’s Supply Chain: Reducing the Risks of Third Parties
-Why Remote Desktop Tools are Facing an Onslaught of Cyber Threats
-95% of Organisations Revamped Cyber Security Strategies in the Last Year: Make Sure Yours is Right
-Human Factor a Significant Risk for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.
-Microsoft CEO Says it is Putting Security Above All Else in Major Refocus
-Ending the Culture of Silence in Cyber Security; Three Ways to Empower Teams
Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 04/08/2022 – Cisco provides patches for critical vulnerabilities in SMB Routers
Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 04/08/2022 – Cisco provides patches for critical vulnerabilities in SMB Routers
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 July 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 July 2022:
-Ransomware Is the Biggest Global Cyber Threat. And The Attacks Are Still Evolving
-Study Reveals Traditional Data Security Tools Have a 60% Failure Rate Against Ransomware and Extortion
-Patchable and Preventable Security Issues Lead Causes of Q1 Attacks
-Three in Four Vulnerability Management Programs Ineffective, NopSec Research Finds
-EMEA Continues to Be a Hotspot for Malware Threats
-A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Home and Small Office Routers
-What Are Shadow IDs, and How Are They Crucial in 2022?
-Zero-Days Aren't Going Away Anytime Soon & What Leaders Need to Know
-Half of 2022's Zero-Days Are Variants of Previous Vulnerabilities
-Human Error Remains the Top Security Issue
-Carnival Cruises Torpedoed by US States, Agrees to Pay $6m After Wave of Cyber Attacks
-Uber Ex-Security Chief Accused of Hacking Coverup Must Face Fraud Charges, Judge Rules
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 April 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 April 2022:
-Cyber Security Is Getting Harder: More Threats, More Complexity, Fewer People
-Terrible Cloud Security Is Leaving the Door Open for Hackers. Here's What You're Doing Wrong
-More Organisations Are Paying the Ransom. Why?
-Cyber Attack Puts City Firms on High Alert To Bolster Defences
-More Than 60% of Organisations Suffered a Breach in the Past 12 Months
-Account Takeover Poised to Surpass Malware as The No. 1 Security Concern
-Security Research Reveals 42% Rise In New Ransomware Programs In 2021
-Fraudsters Stole £58m with Remote Access Trojans (RATs) in 2021
-As State-Backed Cyber Threats Grow, Here's How the World Is Reacting
-Q1 Reported Data Compromises Up 14% Over 2021
-Europol Announces Operation to Hit Russian Sanctions-Evaders
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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 06 August 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 06 August 2021:
-Ransomware Volumes Hit Record High
-Ransomware Gangs Recruiting Insiders To Breach Corporate Networks
-More Than 12,500 Vulnerabilities Disclosed In First Half Of 2021
-New DNS Vulnerability Allows 'Nation-State Level Spying' On Companies
-Constant Review Of Third Party Security Critical As Ransomware Threat Climbs
-Kaseya Ransomware Attack Sets Off Race To Hack Service Providers
-Joint UK/US Advisory Detailing Top 30 Vulnerabilities Include Plenty Of Usual Suspects
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
Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 17 July 2020: Major US Twitter accounts hacked, Malware in Chinese Tax Software, NK steals $2bn through cyber heists, Counterfeit Cisco kit, Windows DNS vulns, Citrix vuln
Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 17 July 2020: Major US Twitter accounts hacked, Malware in Chinese Tax Software, NK steals $2bn through cyber heists, Counterfeit Cisco kit, Windows DNS vulns, Citrix vulns, Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking, Malicious Router Log-Ins Soar Tenfold in Botnet Battle
Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 10 July 2020: firms concerned by cloud security: most already breached, 15 Billion passwords on sale, routers present huge risk, BMW cust breach, NK hackers target retail
Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 10 July 2020: firms concerned by cloud security: most already breached, 15 Billion passwords on sale, routers present huge risk, BMW cust breach, NK hackers target retail