Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 17 May 2024:

-Social Engineering is the Biggest Cyber Threat as Study Finds Most Workers Have Clicked on a Suspicious Email Link

-Business Leaders are Stressing Out Over Pace of Technological Change, as Cyber Security Incidents Seen as Main Business Disruptor

-ICO Warns That Many UK Businesses Neglect Basic Cyber Security: More Ransomware and Cyber Attacks Last Year Than Ever Before

-Data Breaches are Getting Worse, Many are Employee Errors or Social Engineering Attacks

-Why Cyber Insurance isn’t a Substitute for Cyber Risk Management

-China Presents Defining Challenge to Global Cyber Security, Says GCHQ

-Botnet Sent Millions of Emails in LockBit Black Ransomware Campaign

-Global Financial Stability at Risk Due to Cyber Threats, IMF warns

-Ongoing Campaign Bombards Enterprises with Spam Emails and Phone Calls

-Santander Data Breach via Third-Party Provider Impacted Customers and Employees

-40% of Cyber Teams Have Held Back from Reporting Cyber Attacks Over Fear of Losing Jobs

-Digital Resilience – a Step Up from Cyber Security

-UK Lags Europe on Exploited Vulnerability Remediation

-Cyber Threats Demand More Focus Says Zurich, as UK Insurance And NCSC Join Forces to Fight Ransomware Payments