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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 26 April 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 26 April 2024:

-Coalition Finds More Than Half of Cyber Insurance Claims Originate in the Email Inbox

-Unmasking the True Cost of Cyber Attacks: Beyond Ransom and Recovery

-Why Cyber Security Should Be Driving Your Enterprise Risk Management Strategy

-Ransomware Double-Dip - Re-Victimisation in Cyber Extortion

-AI is a Major Threat and Many Financial Organisations Are Not Doing Enough to Fight the Threat

-6 out of 10 Businesses Struggle to Manage Cyber Risk

-'Junk Gun' Ransomware: New Low-Cost Cyber Threat Targets SMBs

-Penetration Testing Infrequency Leaves Security Gaps

-Bank Prohibited from Opening New Accounts After Regulators Lose Patience With Poor Cyber Security Governance

-The Psychological Impact of Phishing Attacks on Your Employees

-Where Hackers Find Your Weak Spots

-The Role of Threat Intelligence in Financial Data Protection

-Government Cannot Protect Business and Services from Cyber Attack, Decision Makers Say

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 April 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 19 April 2024:

-94% of Ransomware Victims Have Their Backups Targeted by Attackers

-Sharing IT Providers Is a Risk for Financial Services, Says IMF, as Rising Cyber Threats Pose Serious Concerns for Financial Stability

-Hackers are Threatening to Publish a Huge Stolen Sanctions and Financial Crimes Watchlist

-Your Annual Cyber Security Is Not Working, but There is a Solution

-73% of Security Professionals Say They’ve Missed, Ignored or Failed to Act on a High Priority Security Alert

-Russia and Ukraine Top Inaugural World Cyber Crime Index

-Police Takedown Major Cyber Fraud Superstore: Will the Cyber Crime Industry Become More Fragmented?

-Small Businesses See Stable Business Climate; Cite Cyber Security as Top Threat

-The Threat from Inside: 14% Surge in Insider Threats Compared to Previous Year

-Dark Web Sales Driving Major Rise in Credential Attacks as Attackers Pummel Networks with Millions of Login Attempts

-Large Enterprises Experience Breaches, Despite Large Security Stacks - Report Finds 93% of Breaches Lead to Downtime and Data Loss

-Charities Doing Worse than Private Sector in Staving off Cyber Attacks

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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

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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

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Black Arrow Adminivanti, 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 01 March 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 01 March 2024:

-Phishing, Smishing and Vishing Skyrocket 1,265%

-Business Email Compromise Attacks Are Evolving, But What Can Be Done About It

-Vulnerabilities Count Set to Rise by 25% in 2024

-BYOD Increases Mobile Phishing; Risks Have Never Been Higher

-Risk-based spending: An Imperative for Cyber Security That Demands Board Attention

-If you Pay Ransoms, You May not Get Your Data Back and Worse, You Will Probably Get Hit Again, with 78% of Firms who Paid Then Suffering Repeat Ransomware Attacks

-Cyber Resilience and Cyber Hygiene: Why They Matter to Your Business

-Why Governance, Risk and Compliance Must be Integrated with Cyber Security

-More and More UK Firms Concerned About Insider Threats

-98% of Businesses Linked to Breached Third Parties

-What Companies Should Know About Rising Legal Threats

-CIOs Rethink All-In Cloud Strategies as Five Eyes Nations Warn of Evolving Russian Cyber Espionage Practices Targeting Cloud Environments

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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 December 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 15 December 2023:

-MPs say UK Could be Brought to Standstill ‘At Any Moment’ as Scathing Report Calls for Greater Security Investment

-Gartner Finds 45% of Organisations Experienced Third Party-Related Business Interruptions

-Major Cyber Attack Paralyzes Ukraine's Largest Telecom Operator; Russia Expected to Ramp Up Attacks on Ukraine’s Allies

-81% of Companies had Malware, Phishing and Password Attacks in 2023

-Cyber Criminals Hit SMEs With Skills Once Limited to Nation State Actors

-Russian Cyber Actors are Exploiting a Known Vulnerability with Worldwide Impact

-Why Cyber Security Is a Competitive Advantage: Reaching Digital Success

-Ransomware-as-a-Service: The Growing Threat You Can't Ignore

-66% of Employees Prioritise Daily Tasks Over Cyber Security

-Cyber Attack on Irish Utility Cuts Off Water Supply for Two Days

-Who Is Responsible for Cyber Security? You.

-Many Popular Websites Still Cling to Password Creation Policies From 1985

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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

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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.

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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 September 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 15 September 2023:

-Overconfident Organisations Prone to Cyber Breaches

-Board Members Struggling to Understand Cyber Risks

-Cyber Criminals are Targeting Top Executives and Could be Using Sensitive Information to Extort Them

-Cyber Attacks Reach Fever Pitch in Q2 2023

-Ransomware Attacks Hit Record Levels in UK as More Companies Fail to Tackle Growing Threats

-Microsoft Warns of More Attacks as Ransomware Spreads Through Teams Phishing

-Europol - Financial Crime Makes “Billions” and Impacts “Millions”

-Almost One in Three Parents Have Never Spoken to Their Children About Cyber Security

-Hackers are Dropping USB Drives Outside Buildings to Target Networks

-Data Theft is Now the No. 1 Cyber Security Threat Keeping Execs Awake at Night

-If You Didn’t Change Your Passwords After the LastPass Data Breach, Do It Now

-Cloud Vulnerabilities Surge Nearly 200% as Cloud Credentials Become the New Hot Ticket on the Dark Web

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18th August 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 18 August 2023:

-Ransomware Group Targeting MSPs Worldwide in New Campaign

-As Ransomware Surges, A lack of Resources Makes SMBs Most Vulnerable

-Business Email Compromise Attack Costs Far Exceeding Ransomware Losses

-Email Phishing Remains the Main Entry for Cyber Criminals; People with Six Personality Traits are More Susceptible

-Gartner Study Finds Generative AI to be a Top Emerging Risk for Organisations

-LinkedIn Suffers Significant Wave of Account Hacks

-High Net-Worth Families are at Risk of Cyber Crime

-Cyber Attack Rule Raises Insurance Risks for Corporate Officers

-PSNI and UK Voter Breaches Show Data Security Should be Taken More Seriously

-The Imperative of Cyber Preparedness: The Power of Tabletop Exercises

-Why Are Phones a Cyber Security Weak Spot?

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 July 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 July 2023:

-Cyber Attacks Reach Two-Year High Amid Ransomware Resurgence as Financial Service Firms Lose $32 Billion in 5 Years

-MOVEit Body Count Closes in on 400 orgs, 20M+ Individuals

-IT Worker Jailed for Impersonating Ransomware Gang to Extort Employer

-Stabilising the Cyber Security Landscape: The CISO Exodus and the Rise of vCISOs

-Risk is Driving Medium-Sized Business Decisions

-Talent and Governance, Not Technology, are Key to Drive Change around Cyber Security

-Hybrid Work, Digital Transformation can Exploit Security Gaps

-Human Cyber-Risk Can Be Demonstrably Mitigated by Behaviour Changing Training

-AI Tool WormGPT Enables Convincing Fake Emails For BEC Attacks

-Pro-Russian Hacktivists Increase Focus on Western Targets

-Infosec Doesn't Know What AI Tools Orgs Are Using

-Google Restricting Internet Access to Some Employees to Reduce Cyber Attack Risk

-Unlocking Business Potential: How CISOs are Transforming Cyber Security into a Strategic Asset

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 July 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 July 2023:

-Cyber Attacks Are a War We'll Never Win, but We Can Defend Ourselves

-Helping Boards Understand Cyber Risks

-Enterprise Risk Management Should Inform Cyber Risk Strategies

-Law Firms at High Risk of Attack as Ransomware Groups Begin to Focus Attention

-20% of Malware Attacks Bypass Antivirus Protection

-Ransomware Payments and Extortion Spiked Compared to 2022

-AI, Trust, and Data Security are Key Issues for Finance Firms and Their Customers

-Caution: Microsoft Warns of Office Zero-Day Attacks with No Patch Available

-Scam Page Volumes Surge 304% Annually

-Financial Industry Faces Soaring Ransomware Threat

-The Need for Risk-Based Vulnerability Management to Combat Threats

-Government Agencies Breached in Microsoft 365 Email Attacks

-Concerns Raised as Report Questions UK’s “Completely Inadequate” Defence to Threats from China

-Hackers Backed by North Korea have Stolen Billions of Dollars Over the Last Five Years

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23rd June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 June 2023:

-How the MOVEit Breach Shows Hackers' Interest in Corporate File Transfer Tools

-Attackers Discovering Exposed Cloud Assets Within Minutes

-Majority of Users Neglect Best Password Practices

-One in Three Workers Susceptible to Phishing

-Ransomware Misconceptions Abound, to the Benefit of Attackers

-Threat Actors Scale and Commoditise Uncommon Tools and Techniques

-Goodbyes are Difficult, IT Offboarding Processes Make Them Harder

-Security Budget Hikes are Missing the Mark, CISOs Say

-Understanding Cyber Resilience: Building a Holistic Approach to Cyber Security

-Emerging Ransomware Group 8Base Releasing Data on SMBs Globally

-Cyber Security Industry Still Fighting to Recruit and Retain Talent

-Financial Firms to Build Resilience in Face of Growing Cyber-Threats

-Fulfilling Expected SEC Requirements for Cyber Security Expertise at Board Level

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 June 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 June 2023:

-How to Keep Cyber Attacks from Tanking Your Balance Sheet

-Company Size Doesn’t Matter When It Comes to Cyber Attacks

-‘Exceptional’ Cyber Attacks Now Normal, says BT Security Chief

-How State-Sponsored/Advanced Persistent Threat Groups (APTs) Target SMBs

-Phishing Campaigns Thrive as Evasive Tactics Outsmart Conventional Detection

-Don't be Polite When you Get a Text from a Wrong Number

-Capita Cyber Attack: 90 Downstream Organisations Reported Data Breaches

-Travel-Themed Phishing, BEC Campaigns Get Smarter as Summer Season Arrives

-Organisations Spend 100 Hours Battling Post-Delivery Email Threats

-Ransomware Gangs Adopting Business-like Practices to Boost Profits

-The Sobering Truth About Ransomware—For The 80% Who Paid Up

-The Great CISO Resignation: Why Security Leaders are Quitting in Droves

-When is it Time for a Cyber Hygiene Audit?

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 May 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 12 May 2023:

-79% of Cyber Pros Make Decisions Without Threat Intelligence

-61% of Business Leadership Overlook the Role of Cyber Security as a Business Enabler and as being Key to Business Success

-Risk Managers Warn Cyber Insurance Could Become ‘Unviable Product’

-Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: Don’t Give up on Cyber Security

-AI Has Been Dubbed a 'Nuclear' Threat to Cyber Security, but It Can Also Be Used for Defence

-Paying Cyber Hijackers’ Ransoms Doubles Cost of Recovery, Sophos Study Shows

-Majority of US, UK CISOs Unable to Protect Company 'Secrets'

-Company Executives Can’t Afford to Ignore Cyber Security Anymore

-BEC Campaign via Israel Spotted Targeting Multinational Companies

-CISOs Worried About Personal Liability for Breaches

-UK, US and International Allies Uncover Russian Snake Malware Network in 50+ Countries

-Plug-and-Play Microsoft 365 Phishing Tool 'Democratizes' Attack Campaigns

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 April 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 April 2023:

- Navigating The Future of Cyber: Business Strategy, Cyber Security Training, and Digital Transformation Are Key

- Shadow IT, SaaS Pose Security Liability for Enterprises

- The Strong Link Between Cyber Threat Intelligence and Digital Risk Protection

- Weak Credentials, Unpatched Vulnerabilities, Malicious Open Source Packages Causing Cloud Security Risks

- Over 70 billion Unprotected Files Available on Unsecured Web Servers

- Cyber Thieves Are Getting More Creative

- Modernising Vulnerability Management: The Move Toward Exposure Management

- Almost Three-quarters of Cyber Attacks Involve Ransomware

- Corporate Boards Pressure CISOs to Step Up Risk Mitigation Efforts

- NSA Sees ‘Significant’ Russian Intel Gathering on European, US Supply Chain Entities

- Email Threat Report 2023: Key Takeaways

- 5 Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques

- Many Public Salesforce Sites are Leaking Private Data

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 April 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 April 2023:

-Almost Half of Former Employees Say Their Passwords Still Work

-Efficient Risk Based Patch Management Means Eliminating Just 2% of Exposures Could Protect 90% of Critical Assets

-Printers Pose Persistent Yet Overlooked Threat

-Employees Are as Likely as Cyber Criminals to Cause Cyber Incidents

-Over 90% of Organisations Find Threat Hunting a Challenge

-75% of Organisations Have Suffered a Cyber Security Breach

-Leak Shows Evolving Russian Cyber War Capabilities

-Outsourced Payroll and HR Services Firm Forced to Shut Down After Cyber Attack

-When a Cyber Criminal Steals Personal Data from Your Organisation What Do You Do and Who Do You Need to Inform?

-Insider Threat and Ransomware: A Growing Issue

-How LockBit Changed Cyber Security Forever

-Hybrid Work Environments Are Stressing CISOs

-Protect Your Data with a USB Condom

-Strategising Cyber Security: Why a Risk-based Approach is Key

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