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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 AdminMay 5, 2024verizon, corvus, cl0p, moveit, barracuda networks, virtual network computing, remote desktop protocol, vnc, rdp, lastpass, csrb, cyber safety review board, vastaamo, finland, black basta, play, scattered spider, cactus, revil, chc-sv, western isles, splunk, cisco, copilot, goldoon, soho, zloader, cuttlefish, brokewell, wpeeper, dirty stream, sweden, eurovision, dji, psni, gmail, kaiser insurance, dropbox, mitre, hull city council, philadelphia inquirer, monash health, panda restaurants, greenbarge, heartbleed, white swan, black swan, quantumbleed, citrix, okta, nvidia, yubikey, tiktok, facebook, investigatory powers bill, uk government, fcc, meta, dunequixote, muddling meerkat, kimsuky, brocade, sans, grafana, unitedhealth, ntlm, gitlab, hpe aruba, cobalt, ntt security holdings, zelensky, sophos, coalition, ftf, bec, sec, verisk, verisk property claim, pcs, alphv, blackcat, palo alto, change healthcare, human factor, microsoft, verizon dbir, ransomware, lockbit, qlik, london drugs, canada, business email compromise, fee transfer fraud, ai, artificial intelligence, docker, android, google android, android tv, kaiser permanente, fbcs, qantas, router, routers, marriott, linux, privacy, ukraine, philippines, germany, tanks, wordpress, r, edr, epp, dmarc, ids, ips, red teaming, api, bank of england, ot, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran, british intelligence, national security, uk national security, military intelligence, mod, ministry of defence, police, law enforcement, ftse 100, ftse100, offshore financial services, gfsc, guernsey financial services commission

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 March 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 22 March 2024:

-UK’s Cyber Resilience Stagnates as More Fall Victim to Attacks, 75% of UK Businesses & 79% of UK Charities Experienced a Cyber Incident in 2023

-1% of Users are Responsible for 88% of Data Loss Events

-Microsoft Report Says 87% of UK organisations are vulnerable to cyber attacks in the age of AI

-Cyber Naivety Leaves 4 out of 5 Businesses Wide Open and Only 1 in 5 Has a Plan

-Risk and Regulation: Preparing for the Era of Cyber Security Compliance

-Ransomware Attacks Jump 73% Within a Year

-The New CISO - Rethinking the Role

-90% of Attacks Involve Data or Credential Theft, SMBs Primary Target

-Chief Risk Officers Say Cyber Security is Most Pressing Risk

-Humans Still Cyber Security’s Weakest Link, Cyber Security Training Equips Your Workforce to Spot Threats

-Most IT Pros Think Cyber Attacks are Getting Worse, and Many Firms Don’t Know How to Deal with Them

-Supply Chain Cyber Attacks Create Weak Spots, You Need to Prepare

-Ransomware Attack on Change Healthcare Pegged as “Most Significant” in Sector History

Black Arrow AdminMarch 24, 2024joint committee on the national security strategy, jcnss, cyber security longitudinal survey, csls, nis2, dora, cowbell, ey, iif, teamcity, unitedhealth, leicester, rhysida, fluffy wolf, spa grand prix, change healthcare, imf, bunnyloader, sign1, unsaflok, nhs dumfries, nhs galloway, at&t, fujitsu, nations direct, magnet goblin, tesla, acidpour, e-root, wordpress, firebase, sophos, sec, securities exchange commission, alphv, krahang, tinyturla-ng, kimsuky, ivanti, fortinet, miniorange, chrome, fortra, mitre, equifax, thales, cyberflashing, lockbit, pig butchering, british library, Kaspersky, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 March 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 15 March 2024:

-Mind The Gap - Mimecast Report Finds Humans Are Biggest Security Flaw

-Three-Quarters of Cyber Victim Are SMBs - Why SMBs are Becoming More Vulnerable

-Cyber Security Skills Gap and Lack of Boardroom Engagement Invite Hacker Havoc

-UK Government’s Ransomware Failings Leave Country ‘Exposed and Unprepared’

-Data Breaches up 72% to New Record High: Cyber Security Incidents Rank as #1 Global Business Threat in 2024

-Finance Sector Facing Huge Number of Cyber Attacks That Could Leave It On its Knees, Highlights the Need to Build a Robust Security Culture

-Microsoft Confirms Russian Hackers Stole Source Code, Some Customer Secrets

-Independent Cyber Security Audits Are Powerful Tools for Boards

-Navigating Cyber Security in The Era of Mergers

-Phishing Tactics Evolve as Sophisticated Vishing and Image-based Phishing Take World by Storm

Black Arrow AdminMarch 17, 2024ivanti, github, mimecast, sophos, joint committee on the national security strategy, jcnss, identity theft resource center, allianz, lockbit, sec, securities and exchange commission, blackberry, midnight blizzard, kremlin, ibm, notpetya, merck, fcc, ipsos, bianlian, stopcrypt, british library, stanford university, black basta, unitedhealth, equilend, nissan, dropbox, chatgpt, magnet goblin, windows smartscreen, darkgate, remcos, redline, pixpirate, sceiner smart lock, jfsc, 23andme, play, lastpass, tiktok, dora, pci dss 4.0, volt typhoon, alabama, pypi, microsoft sccm, hyper-v, fortinet, fortios, fortiproxy, forticlient, sap, adobe, confluence, qnap, marinemax, cisco, wordpress, amd, intel, japan, wef, world economic forum, sans, cyber solidarity act, cyber resilience act, meta, nsa, switzerland, lithuania, us army, okta, france, french, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 March 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 08 March 2024:

-FBI Reports Cyber Crime Losses Reached $12.5 billion in 2023, Ransomware Losses Surged by 74%, Average Ransomw Demand Reaching $600k

-Capita Plans £100 Million in Cost Cuts as it Continues to Grapple With 2023 Cyber Attack, Resulting in Significant Job Losses

-Employment Law Firm Sues IT Company Over Ransomware Attack

-Stolen Passwords are a Hacker Goldmine

-Phishing Attacks Up 40 Percent in 2023; Attackers Leverage Social Engineering for Greater Success

-Business Leaders Don’t Even Know They’ve Been Hacked

-Rising Cyber Security Risks: Insider Threat Main Concern Among Mid-Market Firms

-Security Risks Plague SMEs in Shift to Remote Working

-After Collecting $22 Million, Ransomware Group Stages FBI Takedown

-Cyber Attacks Remain Chief Concern for Businesses

-Two New Ransomware Groups Join Forces to Launch Joint Attacks

Black Arrow AdminMarch 10, 2024rapid7, american express, bifrost, leonardo, alphv, capita, adolfo hernandez, ghostsec, stormous, stmx_ghostlocker, covid-19, octo tempest, diamond sleet, midnight blizzard, cifas, crowdstirke, ibm, cyberark, kaspersky, sec, nist framework 2.0, nist 2.0, connectwise, screenconnect, blackcat, lockbit, lockbit 3.0, jetbrains, teamcity, loandepot, prudential, fidelity investments, bank of america, unitedhealth, duvel, change healthcare, jamf, coinbase, binance, chatgpt, gptdoor, google, meta, zoom, skype, google meets, bifrose rat, toddleshark, wograt, google pixel, sunhillo sureline, flipper zero, okta, fcc, jack teixeira, docker, apache hadoop, redis, confluence, wordpress, snake, kimsuky, vmware esxi, android, qemu, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 February 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 23 February 2024:

-Despite Recent FBI Disruptions, a Rise in Ransomware Means 2024 Will be a Volatile Year for Cyber Security

-The Old, Not the New: Basic Security Issues Still the Biggest Threat to Enterprises

-Reevaluating Your Cyber Security Priorities

-Cyber Threat Environment at its Most Dangerous for SMBs, as Geopolitical Tenison, Extortion and Attacks Present Biggest Risks

-Legal Sector Grows as a Target, with Cyber Attacks on Law Firms Surging by Over a Third

-It’s Not Only Ransomware Seeing Huge Rises, Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks are Also Seeing a Huge Rise – is Your Business Prepared?

-Deepfake Phishing Grew by 3,000% in 2023, and it’s Just the Beginning

-Cyber Attacks are Getting Faster, More Common and More Successful, Although Detection is More Advanced Than Ever — New Report Signals the Threats to Businesses, Supply Chains, and Democracy

-Report Finds Malicious Emails Bypassing Secure Email Gateways Rose by 105%

-Rising Cyber Threats Identified Amongst Other Major Business Risks for 2024

-Huge Cyber Security Leak Lifts the Lid on China’s Hackers for Hire

-Fifth of British Kids Have Broken the Law Online

-Over 40% of Firms Struggle with Cyber Security Talent Shortage

Black Arrow AdminFebruary 25, 2024lockbit, ibm x-force, mimecast, crowdstrike, abnormal security, cofense, allianz, isoon, wechat, kaspersky, sec, barracuda, screenconnect, connectwise, alpha, akira, cisco, cisco anyconnect, knight ransomware, esentire, rhysida, medibank, revil, loandepot, prudential financial, cactus, schneider electric, dead mans fingers, chatgpt, github copilot, anatsa, google play, lucifer, apache hadoop, ssh-snake, voltschemer, malta, hungary, bosnia, cambridge university, wyze, bank of america, infosys, superbowl, tiktok, dora, avast, nis2, tag-70, basicstar, x, winter vivern, roundcube, turla, coalition, ivanti, exchange, gartner, vmware, solarwinds, chrome, joomla, qnap, wordpress, trufflehog, vipre, vsphere, netwalker, google chrome, eset, apple, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran, british intelligence, national security, uk national security, military intelligence, mod, ministry of defence, police, law enforcement, ftse 100, ftse100, offshore financial services, fortune 500, fortune500

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 09 February 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 09 February 2024:

-Over Half of Companies Experienced Cyber Security Incidents Last Year

-Deepfake Video Conference Costs Business $25 Million

-Watershed Year for Ransomware as Victims Rose by Almost 50% and Payments Hit $1 Billion All-Time High

-Malware-as-a-Service Now the Top Threat to Organisations

-Over 9 in 10 UK Firms Who Fell Victim to Ransomware Paid the Ransom, Despite Alleged “No Pay” Stances

-Chinese State Hackers Hid in National Infrastructure for at Least 5 Years

-Email Attacks on Businesses Tripled and AI is a Huge Contributing Factor

-Security Leaders, C-Suite Unite to Tackle Cyber Threats

-UN Experts Investigate Cyber Attacks by North Korea that Raked in $3 Billion to Build Nuclear Weapons

-What Does a ‘Cyber Security Culture’ Actually Entail?

-Beyond Checkboxes: Security Compliance as a Business Enabler

-No One in Cyber Security Is Ready for the SolarWinds Prosecution

Black Arrow AdminFebruary 11, 2024mastadon, nbc4, deepfake, palo alto networks unit 42, dprk, itpro, sec, solarwinds, chainalysis, cohesity, akira, 8base, ncc group, lockbit, hive, clorox, blackbaud, lurie childrens hospital, british library, chatgpt, seiu 1000, biden, fortigate, fritzfrog, log4shell, coyote, ov3r steaker, mispadu stealer, acemagic, xloader, rasberry robin, patchwork, lastpass, johnson controls, anydesk, cloudflare, hpe, okta, ripe, resumelooters, viamedis and almerys, hopskipdrive, wikileaks, atlassian, midnight blizzard, pico, fortisiem, ivanti, connect secure, azure, kafka, hadoop, vmware, jetbrains, exoressway, qnap, acronis, airbus, super bowl, fortinet, cisco, android, iphone, linux, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran, british intelligence, national security, uk national security, military intelligence, mod, ministry of defence, police, law enforcement, ftse 100, ftse100, offshore financial services, fortune 500, fortune500

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 February 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 02 February 2024:

-The Financial Sector Is Plagued by Increasingly Sophisticated Cyber Attacks That Demand a Defensive Paradigm Shift

-The $10 Billion Cyber Insurance Industry Sees a Dangerous Year in Cyber Crime Ahead. AI, Ransomware, and War are its Biggest Concerns

-Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Used Known Identified Tactics to Breach Senior Exec Emails

-Old Methods, New Tricks: Cyber Criminals Are Still Using Social Engineering to Steal Your Credentials

-UK Government Unveils New Cyber Threat Guidelines as 32% of Firms Suffer Attacks in Past Year

-94% of Organisations Would Pay a Ransom, Despite Having ‘Do Not Pay’ Policies, as 79% Faced an Attack in 2023

-Interpol Arrests More than 30 Cyber Criminals in Global Operation

-Divide and Succeed: Splitting IT and Security Makes Business Sense

-Ransomware Groups Gain Clout with False Attack Claims

-Payment Fraud is Hitting Organisations Harder Than Ever Before

-Chinese Hacking Operations Have Entered a Far More Dangerous Phase, US Warns

Black Arrow AdminFebruary 4, 2024fulton county, vodafone, blackbaud, gartner, pawn storm, meta, draftking, midnight blizzard, cloudflare, reasonlabs, football australia, whitesnake, johnson controls, sec, securities and exchange commission, cyber givernance code of practice, svr, synergia, 23andme, technia corp, europcar, solarwinds, lockbit, alpha, akira, cisco, opentext, phobos, cactus, misbourne, chatgpt, zeus trojan, allakore, pypi, google play, covid-19, e-passport, mercedes-benz, mongodb, miracles software, dhs, keenan, myanmar, nis2, dora, okta, cozy bear, mark zuckerberg, pci dss, wray, exchange online, satya nadella, ivanti, juniper, junos, tor, volt typhoon, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran, british intelligence, national security, uk national security, military intelligence, mod, ministry of defence, police, law enforcement, ftse 100, ftse100, offshore financial services, fortune 500, fortune500

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 26 January 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 26 January 2024:

-Russian Hackers' Breach of Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Corporate Mailboxes is an Identity Threat Detection Wake-up Call

-94% of CISOs are Concerned About Third-Party Cyber Threats, Yet Only 3% Have Started Implementing Security Measures

-Cyber Risks Needs to be Prioritised as a Key Business Risk Says UK Government, as New Cyber Security Governance Code Puts Cyber Risks on Boardroom Agenda

-81% of Security Professionals Say Phishing Is Top Threat

-Ransomware Attacks Cause Significant Psychological Harm

-Breached Password Report Reveals Two Million Compromised Cloud Credentials Used '123456' as Password

-NCSC: UK Intelligence Fears AI will Fuel Ransomware and Exacerbate Cyber Crime

-Cyber Attacks More than Doubled in 2023, so Why Are So Many Firms Still Not Taking Security Seriously, or Why Firms Ignore Vulnerabilities at Their Own Risk

-Historic Data Leak Reveals 26 billion Records: Check What is Exposed

-Boardroom Cyber Expertise Comes Under Scrutiny

-“It is a whole new bar”: Months Left for Applicable Firms to Prepare for New EU Cyber Security Rules

-Ransomware Attacks Break Records In 2023: The Number of Victims Rose By 128%

Black Arrow AdminJanuary 28, 2024hpe, hp, hewlett packard enterprises, hewlett packard, sharepoint, rusi, royal united services institute, moab, mother of all breaches, nis2, dora, digital operational resilience act, conti, royal cyber, medibank, kasseika, bianlian, teamviewer, black basta, riksbank, north face, supreeme, vans, vf corp, akira, tietoevry, lockbit, loandepot, subway, veoilia north, aercap, equilend, knowbe4, trezor, chatgpt, ta866, inhospitality, blackwood apt, systembc, sec, securities exchange commission, breachforums, jason's deli, 23adnme, coventry, metacrime, barracuda, 3am, panorays, specops, outlookm, eu ai, ring, vmware, midnight blizzard, apt29, solarwinds, starcruft, crowdstrikem, minst sandstorm, ivanti, atlassian, cisco, goanywhere mft, parrot, mozilla, webkit, fortra, cloudflare, microsoft, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 January 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 19 January 2024:

-World Economic Forum and UN Warn of Growing ‘Cyber Insecurity’ Amid Heightened Threat Landscape

-Cyber Attacks Reveal Fragility of Financial Markets as Attacks on Financial Services Sector Surge

-Researcher Uncovers One of The Biggest Password Dumps in Recent History

-Email Nightmare: 94% of Firms Hit by Phishing Attacks in 2023

-75% of Organisations Hit by Ransomware in 2023

-The Dangers of Quadruple Blow Ransomware Attacks

-Human Error and Insiders Expose Millions in UK Law Firm Data Breaches

-It’s a New Year and a Good Time for a Cyber Security Checkup

-Applying the Tyson Principle to Cyber Security: Why Attack Simulations are Key to Avoiding Disaster

-Cyber Threats Top Global Business Risk Concern for 2024

-Generative AI has CEOs Worried About Cyber Security, PwC Survey Says

-With Attacks on the Upswing, Cyber Insurance Premiums Poised to Rise Too

-Digital Resilience – a Step Up from Cyber Security

Black Arrow AdminJanuary 21, 2024fujitsu, juniper, woodruff sawyer, lg, bosch, pegasus, calvia, kansas state university, manx care, postgresqql, price waterhouse cooper, vec, world economic forum, wef, united nations office on drugs and crime, financial conduct authority, facebook, roblox, ebay, coinbase, yahoo, egress, nis 2.0, sec, alphv, meridianlink, moveit, goanywhere, mike tyson, allianz, pwc, covid-19, jpmorgan, norton rose fulbright, veeam, akira, medusa, postgre, mysql, teamviewer, capita, british library, lush, frred hutch, foxconn, lockbit, framework, cofense, gitlab, atomic stealer, xprotect, inferno drainer, remcos rat, jinxloader, bigpanzi, cop28, chainalysis, munich, aws, haveibeenpwned, naz.api, adblock, hellofresh, volt typhoon, zelensky, davos, connect secure, sharepoint, sonicwall, citrix netscaler, confluence, qualcomm, amd, apple magic keyboard, balada injector, drupal core, opera myflaw, hackerone, post office, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 January 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 12 January 2024:

-Boardrooms on Notice: Cyber Security Oversight More Important Than Ever

-Ransomware Incidents Reported to UK Financial Regulator Doubled in 2023

-Businesses Can’t Survive Without Their IT Systems – and They’re Under Attack More Than Ever

-Cyber Insecurity and Misinformation Top WEF Global Risk List

-Why Effective Cyber Security and Risk Management are Crucial for Business Growth

-The Cost of Dealing with a Cyber Attack Doubled Last Year

-Merck Settles NotPetya Insurance Claim – Leaving Cyber Warfare Definition Unresolved

-Mandiant, SEC Lose Control of X Accounts Without 2FA

-If you Prepare, a Data Security Incident Should Not Cause an Existential Crisis

-82% of Companies Struggle to Manage Security Exposure, with 28,000 New Vulnerabilities Reported Last Year

-Cyber Security is the Number One Priority for the Financial Sector Again

-Cyber Crime Marketplaces Soar in 2024: All Threats Now Available ‘As-a-Service’

Black Arrow AdminJanuary 14, 2024ifn, framework, kmpg, world economic forum, dell, merck, notpetya, sec, x, twitter, mandiant, solarwinds, softcat, wef, dsit, british library, richard osman, lockbit, babuk, tortilla, pikabot, akira, loandepot, toronto zoo, fidelity, ico, hmg, coinbase, vw, asyncrat, spectralblur, stuxnet, atomic stealer, alaska airlines, xdedic, netgear, hyundai, apache hadoop, ofcom, sea turtle, ivanti, volt typhoon, remcosrat, sandworm, kyivstar, bit24.cash, qnap, kyberslash, video station, qumagie, netatalk, rocketmq, fortios, fortiproxy, sap, kerberos, kyocera, android, unity, cisco, connect secure, apple, adobe, d-link, joomla, sqli, cacti, xm, github, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 January 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 05 January 2024:

-A “Ridiculously Weak“ Password Causes Disaster for Spain’s Number 2 Mobile Carrier

-Russia Kyivstar Hack Should Alarm West, Ukraine Security Chief Warns

-23andMe Tells Victim It’s Their Fault Their Data Was Breached

-Financial Sector Faces More Cyber Attacks Than Other Sectors

-An Innocent-Looking Instagram Trend Could Be a Gift to Hackers

-Cyber Criminals Shared Millions of Stolen Records During Holiday Break

-Law Firm that Handles Data Breaches was Itself Hit by Data Breach

-Nigerian Hacker Arrested for Stealing Millions from Charities

-Cyber Criminals Implemented Artificial Intelligence for Invoice Fraud

-Shadow IT Threatens Corporate Cyber Security, Study Reveals

-Escalating Cyber Threats: Bots, Fraud Farms, and Cryptojacking Surge

-Putin has Declared a Cyber War on Britain

Black Arrow AdminJanuary 7, 2024tesla, ivanti, kubernetes, cyber toufan, highlands oncology, cert-ua, uac-0050, xbs, zepplin, kai zhuang, sophos, putin, kaspersky, ripeadmin, Orange España, ripe, kyivstar, sandworm, illia vitiuk, sbu, 23andme, instagram, tiktok, leaksmas, klarna, orrick herrington & sutcliffe, eyemed vision care, delta dental, olusegun samson adejorin, gxc team, business invoice swapper, black basta, chatgpt, cactus, coop, cts, xerox, estes, kimsuky, apt28, remcos rat, oceanmap, masepie, steelhook, google oauth, meduza stealer, rugmi, bandook, spectralblur, orbit chain, sam bankman-fried, terrapin, mandiant, sec, bt, huawei, appleseed, meterpreter, tinynuke, apache erp, excel, qualcomm chip, ecb, lastpass, chrome, android, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 December 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 22 December 2023:

-Majority of 2023’s Critical Cyber Attacks Stemmed from Fewer Than 1% of Vulnerabilities, with 1 in 4 High Risk Vulnerabilities Exploited Within 24 Hours of Going Public

-Ransomware Gangs Are Increasingly Turning to Remote Access Tools for Attacks, As UK Honeypots Attacked 17 Million Times Per Day

-Why Employees Are a Bigger Security Risk than Hackers

-77% of Financial Services Firms Detected a Cyber Attack in the Last Year, as Finance and Healthcare Continue to Suffer the Most Cyber Attacks

-New Report Data Shows 75% Increase in Suspicious Emails Hitting Inboxes

-Threat Actors Still Exploiting Old Unpatched Vulnerabilities

-Many Organisations Still Lack Formal Cyber Security Training

-Addressing the Growing Threat of Supply Chain Cyber Attacks

-Cyber Incident Costs Surge 11% as Budgets Remain Muted

-Attacks on Critical Infrastructure are Harbingers of War: Are We Prepared?

-UK Data Centres to be Classed as Critical Infrastructure Under New Gov Proposals

-Data Exfiltration and Extortion is the New Ransomware Threat, as 65% of Organisations Say Ransomware Concerns Impact Risk Management

Black Arrow AdminDecember 24, 2023qualys, coalition, imperva, dmarc, cisco, sans institute, dsit, sec, solarwinds, alphv, blackcat, bianlian, white rabbit, mario, matveev, fred hutch, delta dental, moveit, mr cooper, mongodb, qakbot, f5, cloud altlas, chatgpt, draytek, fortinet, pypi, ms excel, tesla, darkgate, insomniac games, xfininty, bmw, gta vi, zscaler, pig butchering, apt29, seedworm, intellexa, cytrox, 3cx, outlook, dell, powerprotect, westpole, openai, falsefont, lapsus, kyivstar, teamcity, pfsense, log4shell, qnap, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

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

Black Arrow AdminDecember 3, 2023paris water agency, kubernetes, ssndob, dollar tree, general electric, ray, qilin, nassau bay, gloucestershire, cts, a&o, allen & overy, ibm, ncc group, deepfake, black basta, booking.com, vidar infostealer, secureworks, uk finance, sysjoker, onedrive, fidelity national, ardent health, henry schein, dp world, staples, stanford university, london and zurich, british library, zoom, google chrome, zyxel, owncloud, uber, allianz, moveit, graham cluley, djvu, xaro, cactus, qlik sense, rhysida, hse, yanfeng, telekopye, threatlabz, chatgpt, genai, redline, scrubcrypt, gh0st rat, logofail, namedrop, okta, gulf air, radware, nxp, killnet, motorola, meta, sec, solarwinds, colp, shadowy, rust, deloitte, kpmg, konni, macos, openssl, splunk, zscaler, bluffs, bluetooth, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 November 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 24 November 2023:

-The Human Element- Cyber Security’s Great Challenge

-Good Cyber Hygiene is a Strategic Imperative for SMEs, Report Shows

-Despite Increasing Ransomware Attacks, Some Companies in Denial

-A Single Supply Chain Related Ransomware Incident Spurred UK Decision Makers to Spend Big on Cyber as Latest Victim Count exceeds 2.6K Organisations and 77M People

-The True Cost of a Ransomware Attack

-Largest Study of Its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices Are Putting Millions at Risk

-Cyber Security Investment Involves More Than Just Technology

-Questions Leaders Must Ask Themselves on Security Culture

-There’s a Crossover Between Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Nation-State Crime

-Cyber Attack on British Library Highlights Lack of UK Resilience

-Organisations Rethink Cyber Security Investments to Meet NIS2 and DORA Directive Requirements

-The Cyber Security Lawsuit Boards are Talking About

-UK and Republic of Korea Issue Warning About North Korea State-Linked Cyber Actors Attacking Software Supply Chains

Black Arrow AdminNovember 26, 2023windows hello, sekoia, noescape, netscaler, british library, smartscreen, verizon, kaspersky, alphv, blackcat, lockbit, moveit, pwc, stanford university, jbs foods, colonial pipeline, dora, nis2, sec, palo alto, solarwinds, akamai, scattered spider, capita, royal mail, icbc, allen & overy, london & zurich, citrixbleed, rhysida, clorox, fnf, yamaha motor, darkgate, pikabot, bloomberg twitter, mirai, infectedslurs, mysql, pypi, gamaredon, atomic stealer, qakbot, ducktail, konni, fcc, moescape, morgan stanley, tmaxsoft, marriot, lazarus, nordpass, winscp, wirecard, litterdrifter, mustang panda, winrar, diamond sleet, cyberlink, dprk, toyota, citrix netscaller, sophos, oracle, coldfusion, splunk, tor project, gmail, google drive, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 November 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 17 November 2023:

-Cyber Resilience Requires Maturity, Persistence & Board Engagement

-Security is a Process, Not a Tool

-46% of SMBs and Enterprises Have Experienced a Ransomware Attack

-Cyber Threat Intelligence: Getting on the Front Foot Against Adversaries

-67% of Workers Put Businesses at Risk by Downloading Applications and Software Without Permission

-The Persistent Menace: Understanding And Combating Ransomware, as New Ransomware Groups Account for Quarter of All Leaks in 2023

-Financial Services still Stubbornly Vulnerable to Cyber Disruption

-Worlds Biggest Bank Hit by Ransomware, Workers Forced to Trade With USB Sticks

-NCSC Warns UK Over Significant Threat to Critical Infrastructure

-Ransomware Gang Files SEC Complaint Over Victim’s Undisclosed Breach

-Businesses are Losing Huge Chunks of Their Revenue to Cyber Attacks

-Phishing Emails Are More Believable Than Ever. Here's What to Do About It.

Black Arrow AdminNovember 19, 2023ethereum, electric ireland, vietnam post, docker, dragos, long beach, british library, dp world, withsecure, fca, icbc, fs-isac, ukraine, denmark, alphv, blackcat, sec, merdianlink, fortinet, lockbit, opentext, kevin beaumont, google workspace, hive, mgm, caesars, rhysida, google ads, bibi-windows, rackspace, tri-city, maine, moveit, boeing, mr cooper, royal mail, clorox, toyota, medusa, lorenz, stellantis, bulletprooflink, zimbra, bulletproftlink, chatgpt, effluence, atlassian, confluence, ducktail, cherryblos, temu, mclaren, chess.com, linkedin, truepill, ipstorm, alphalock, aon, tetra, nordpass, meta, youtube, morgan stanley, nist, nist csf 2.0, aviram azar, bluenoroff, citrixbleed, juniper, patch tuesday, azure cli, wordpress, apache activemq, sap, darkcasino, citrix, citrix hypervisor, amd, amd epyc, sophos, ooda loop, screenconnect, threatx, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 November 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 10 November 2023:

-Boardroom Woes on Ransomware Intensify as Organisations Face an Average of 86 Ransomware-linked Events Annually

-Many SMBs Have No Real Way to Deal with Cyber Threats, Leaving Them Vulnerable

-Cyber Attacks Top Global Risk – 2023 Aon Survey

-To Improve Cyber Defences, Practice for Disaster

-Meet Your New Cyber Security Auditor: Your Insurer

-Allen and Overy Suffer Ransomware Attack

-Shadow IT Remains a Top Threat, as Shown by Attack on Okta

-Ransomware, AI, and Social Engineering All Set to Be 2024's Biggest Security Threats

-Cyber Governance: Growing Expectations for Information Security Oversight and Accountability

-Generative AI Will Level Up Cyber Attacks, According to New Google Report

-Public Wi-Fi Remains a Huge Risk, is Your Organisation Prepared?

-88% of Security Leaders Think Their Organisation Is Falling Short Addressing Cyber Security

Black Arrow AdminNovember 12, 2023imperial kitten, raidforums, operation monopoly, securidropper, jupyter, stripedfly, magic circle, akamai, aon, allen overy, lockbit, x, twitter, okta, zerofox, sec, foundry, solarwinds, allianz, atlassian, farnetwork, gootbot, moveit, apache activemq, icbc, mr cooper, marina bay, dolly.com, transform, chatgpt, meta, 23andme, gootloader, google calendar rat, bluenoroff, blazestealer, openai, cloudflare, hilb, monero project, hiscox, looney tunables, lego, nis2, trinidad tobago, sandworm, aws, confluence, veeam one, tellyouthepass, android 14, microsoft authenticator, israel, gaza, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 November 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 03 November 2023:

-Surviving a Ransomware Attack Begins by Acknowledging it’s Inevitable

-Are You and Your Clients Soft Targets?

-Cyber Attacks Cause Revenue Losses in 42% of Small Businesses

-Executives May be The Biggest Risk to Your Business

-Organisations Can Only Stop 57 Percent of Cyber Attacks

-Many Businesses Remain Unprepared for AI as Phishing Attacks Rise 1,265% Since Launch of ChatGPT

-Business Email Compromise is Most Common Entry Point for Cyber Attack

-US Regulator Charges Firm and its CISO For Fraud and Cyber Security Failures

-Companies Scramble to Integrate Immediate Recovery into Ransomware Plans

-Your End-Users are Reusing Passwords, That’s a Big Problem

-Cyber Workforce Demand is Outpacing Supply

-What the Boardroom Is Missing: CISOs

Black Arrow AdminNovember 5, 2023mr cooper, ceasars, visa, tenable, chatgpt, hiscox, securities and exchange comission, sec, isc2, s&p 500, harvard business review, solarwinds, las vegas casinos, citrixbleed, hive, bibi-linux, hellokitty, apache activemq, lockbit, boeing, ccleaner, moveit, stanford, clop, cl0p, alphv, ace, mcafee, muddywater, bletchley decleration, shadow ai, bard, ducktail, imaploader, arid viper, ghostpulse, mozi, liontail, ios, android 14, whatsapp, wyze cam, okta, servicenow, lastpass, sam bunkman-fried, llyods, lazarus, aws, github, ftc, online saftey bill, mitre, mitre att&ck, scarred manticore, palo alto, turla, kazuar, virustotal, cvss 4.0, cisco ios xe, f5, confluence, atlassian, nginx ingress controller, sketchup3d, israel, meal-kits, tortoiseshell, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 October 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 27 October 2023:

-More Companies Adopt Board-Level Cyber Security Committees

-Ransomware Attacks Rise by More Than 95% Over 2022, to All Time High

-Security Still Not a Priority for a Third of SMBs Despite 73% Suffering Cyber Attack Last Year

-More Than 46 Million Potential Cyber Attacks Logged Every Day

-Fighting Cyber Attacks Requires Top-Down Approach

-Email Security Threats are More Dangerous This Year as Over 200 Million Malicious Emails Detected in Q3 2023

-98% of Security Leaders Worry About Risks of Generative AI as Fears Drive Spending

-48% of Organisations Predict Cyber Attack Recovery Could Take Weeks

-Cyber Security Awareness Doesn't Cut It; It's Time to Focus on Behaviour

-How Cyber Security Has Evolved in The Past 20 Years

-Rising Global Tensions Could Portend Destructive Hacks

Black Arrow AdminOctober 29, 2023kaspersky, splunk, corvus, sophos, amazon web services, aws, theft resource center, itrc, bt group, chatgpt, abnormal, ibm, gartner, gmail, sonicwall, allianz, scattered spider, lockbit, opentext, rhysida, gopix, lumar, cl0p, clop, mgm resorts, ragnar locker, blackcat, myriad, avoslocker, threatlabz, sec, security exchange comission, henry schein, akira, volex, booking.com, akamai, deepmind, lua, okta, darkgate, samsung, galaxay s23, pwn2own, intellexa, google play, rapid reset, 23andme, bt, qubitstrike, jupyter notebook, aviva, linkedin, google ads, facebook, instagram, cmmc 2.0, shadowdragon, isreal, hamas, glasgow, navy, roundcube, citrix bleed, citrix, netscaler, soloarwinds, cisco-ios-xe, vmware, vcenter, oauth, firefox, chrome, grammerly, vidio, bukalapak, macos, ios, f5, npsa, cabinet office, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 October 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 20 October 2023:

-Cyber Insecurity: Many Businesses Scared They May be Hit by a Cyber Attack at Any Moment

-Cyber Security Investments Show Mature Business Mindset

-SMBs Struggle to Keep Pace as Cyber Threats Reach All Time High

-Phishing Attacks Reach Record Highs as Banks, Financial Services Remain Top Targets with HR Remaining the Most Effective Phishing Lure

-Cyber Attacks are a Matter of When not if, The Best Time to Deal With Them is Before They Happen

-Lloyd's Of London Warns Of Worst-Case-Scenario Cyber Attack

-20,000 Britons Approached By Chinese Agents On LinkedIn, Says MI5 Head

-Ransomware - All it Takes is One Employee Mistake, Criminals are Aiming at Third-Party Vendors

-39% of Individuals Use the Same Password for Multiple Accounts

-Why Fourth-Party Risk Management Is a Must-Have

-AI Adoption Surges But Security Awareness Lags Behind

-UK watchdog fines Equifax £11 million for role in cyber breach

-Why Boards Must Understand and Govern Cyber Security Risk

Black Arrow AdminOctober 22, 2023spiderlabs, oracle, cisco, toddycat, keepass, notepad++, redalert, gpt-4, cadre services, ws_ftp, elastic, financial conduct authority, lloyds of london, internet data centre, idc, sage, caretech, cambian, lloyds, linkedin, five eyes, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, yubico, digital operational resilience act, dora, chatgpt, google bard, hippaa, ccpa, fca, equifax, sec, securities exchange commisions, nis2, samir mishra, cyber security awarness month, colonial pipeline, avoslocker, noescape, ghostsec, black basta, trigona, blackcat, ragnar, lockbit, alphv, akira, kwiktrip, hwl ebsworth, vipre, d-link, google authenticator, valve, steam, darkgate, bloodalchemy, discord, google ads, notpad++, lazarus, spynote, microsoft hololens, casio, shadow, 23andme, twitter, navy, moveit, hamas, punycode, gaza, mandia, israelis, tetrisphantom, sandworm, huawei, ios xe, otacle, citrix netscaler, juniper, wordpress, casaos, enisa, google drive, zoom, hmrc, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 October 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 13 October 2023:

-Small Businesses Hit by Frequent Cyber Attacks as 90% of CISOs Faced at least One Attack Last Year

-The Most Effective Cyber Attacks Never Touch Your Organisation's Firewall, HR’s Role in Defending the Organisation

-Ransomware Infection Times Fall from 5 Days to 5 Hours

-80% of Security Leaders See AI as the Biggest Threat to Business

-Is Your Board Cyber-Ready?

-Cyber Security Should Be a Business Priority for CEOs

-The Looming Threat of a Single Phishing Click to Your Business

-40% of Organisations Leave Ransomware to IT

-Auditors Growing Concern About Cyber Security

-The Cyber Villains Are Getting Bolder: Businesses Need to Up Their Game

-Preparing for the Unexpected: A Proactive Approach to Operational Resilience

-Staggering Losses to Social Media and Social Engineering Since 21, as Victims Take $2.7 Billion Hit in US Alone

-Organisations Grapple with Detection and Response Despite Rising Security Budgets

Black Arrow AdminOctober 15, 2023squid proxy, atlassian, libcue, ws_ftp, cobalt strike, grayling, elon musk, iz1h9, connectedio, splunk, sage, hornetsecurity, sec, securitites and exchange comission, digital operational resilience act, dora, doxxing, swatting, cyberuk, ey, ftc, pwc, uber, everest, hellokitty, moveit, ftp, mgm, caesars, bianlian, air canada, linkedin, downing street, copilot, chatgpt, starlink, mirai, vbscript, golddigger, badbox, google, amazon, isreal, palestine, 23andme, lyca, air europa, dymocks, shadow pc, lazarus, ftx, volex, linux foundation, curl, x, hamas, killnet, adobe, skype, wordpad, netscaler, wordpress, tagdiv, webm, commerce, bridgem photoshop, d-link, ios, fortinet, yahoo, vmware, nhs, police, crimestoppers, magecart, black arrow cyber, black arrow, threat intelligence, osint, ncsc, national cyber security centre, cpni, mi5, gchq, cert, nca, national crime agency, europol, interpol, enisa, nato, cyber, information security, it security, cyber warfare, russia, north korea, china, iran

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