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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 05 April 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 05 April 2024:

-Corporations with Effective Cyber Governance Create 4 Times More Value, Boosting Shareholder Returns

-Ransomware Incidents Reported to UK Financial Regulator Doubled

-Half of British SMEs Have Lost Data in Past Five Years: Threat Indicators Show 2024 Already Promising to be Worse Than 2023

-Researchers Report Sevenfold Increase in Data Theft Cases, as 17 billion Personal Records Exposed in Breaches in 2023

-AI Abuse and Misinformation Campaigns Threaten Financial Institutions

-Security Teams are ‘Overconfident’ About Handling Next-Gen Threats

-AI Makes Phishing Attacks Accessible to Basic Users

-Cyber Attacks Wreaking Physical Disruption on the Rise

-73% Brace for Cyber Security Impact on Business in Next Two Years

-To Stay Ahead of Ransomware Businesses Need to Adopt An Offensive Security Mindset

-Cyber Security Imperative for Protecting Executives

-The Increasing Role of Cyber Security Experts in Complex Legal Disputes

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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

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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 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 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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 September 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 01 September 2023:

-66 Percent of Businesses Don't Understand Their Cyber Risks

-Massive Supplier Cyber Breach Puts London’s Metropolitan Police on Red Alert After Officer and Staff Details Hacked

-Pay our Ransom Instead of a GDPR Fine, Cyber Crime Gang Tells Targets, as Attacks Against Small Businesses Ramp Up

-Survey Finds In-house Counsel Cyber Anxiety Skyrocketing

-58% of Malicious Emails Contained Spoofed Content

-Cyber Attacks Remain a Top Concern for Organisations Across All Industries

-BYOD Security Gap: Survey Finds 49% of European Firms Unprotected

-13% of Employees Admit to Falling for Phishing Attacks Working at Home, 9% Would Wait to Report After the Weekend

-Numbers Don't Lie: Exposing the Harsh Truths of Cyber Attacks in New Report

-Kroll’s Breach Highlights SIM-Swapping Risk

-Reducing The Risk of AI, What Can You Do?

-Debunking Popular Cyber Security Myths

-3 Malware Loaders Responsible for 80% of Intrusions

-MOVEit Hack Shows Attackers Still Use Old Tricks

-Barracuda Thought it Drove 0-day Hackers out of Customers’ Networks. It was Wrong

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 April 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 07 April 2023:

-15 Million Public-Facing Services Vulnerable to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

-New Research Highlights Increased Security Risks Posed by Remote Working and BYOD

-Lack of Security Employees Makes SMBs Sitting Ducks for Cyber Attacks

-IT and Security Pros Pressured to Keep Quiet About Data Breaches

-Phishing Emails are Seeing a Huge Rise, So Stay on Your Guard"

-Ransomware Attacks Skyrocket as Threat Actors Double Down on Global Attacks

-MSPs a Favoured Target of Supply Chain and Infrastructure Attacks

-Fake Ransomware Gang Targets Organisations with Empty Data Leak Threats

-GCHQ Updates Security Guidance for Boards

-More than 60% of Organisations have been Hit with Unplanned Downtime on a Monthly Basis

-For Cyber Crime Gangs, Professionnalisation Comes With “Corporate” Headaches

-UK’s Offensive Hacking Unit Takes on Military Opponents and Terrorist Groups

-Man Kills Himself After an AI Chatbot 'Encouraged' Him to Sacrifice Himself to Stop Climate Change

-Hackers Exploit WordPress Plugin Flaw That Gives Full Control of Millions of Sites

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 March 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 March 2022:

-Morgan Stanley Client Accounts Breached in Social Engineering Attacks

-Ransomware Is Scary, But Another Scam Is Costing Victims Much, Much More

-Phishing Kits Constantly Evolve to Evade Security Software

-Ransomware Payments, Demands Rose Dramatically in 2021

-7 Suspected Members of LAPSUS$ Hacker Gang, Aged 16 to 21, Arrested in UK

-Here's How Fast Ransomware Encrypts Files

-HEAT Attacks: A New Class of Cyber Threats Organisations Are Not Prepared For

-The Cyber Warfare Predicted In Ukraine May Be Yet To Come

-The Three Russian Cyber Attacks The West Most Fears

-Do These 8 Things Now To Boost Your Security Ahead Of Potential Russian Cyber Attacks

-Cyber Crime Victims Suffered Losses of Over $6.9B in 2021 in the US Alone

-Expanding Threat Landscape: Cyber Criminals Attacking from All Sides

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