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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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 December 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 December 2021:
-Employees Think They’re Safe From Cyber Threats On Company Devices
-Internet Is Scrambling To Fix Log4shell, The Worst Hack In History
-Apache Log4j Flaw: A Fukushima Moment for the Cyber Security Industry
-60% of UK Workers Have Been Victim of a Cyber-Attack, Yet Awareness Remains Low
-Ransomware in 2022: We're All Screwed
-Attacks on UK Firms Increase Five-Fold During Pandemic
-The Log4J Software Flaw Is ‘Christmas Come Early’ for Cyber Criminals
-Why Cloud Storage Isn't Immune to Ransomware
-400 Banks’ Customers Targeted with Anubis Trojan
-Sites Hacked With Credit Card Stealers Undetected For Months
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 August 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 August 2021:
-SMBs Increasingly Vulnerable To Ransomware, Despite The Perception They Are Too Small To Target
-440% Increase In Phishing
-Users Can Be Just As Dangerous As Hackers
-With Crime-As-A-Service, Anyone Can Be An Attacker
-Move To Cloud Creating Security Blindspots
-Connected Devices Increasingly At Risk Of Ransomware Attacks
-Ransomware Payments Explode Amid ‘Quadruple Extortion’
-Accenture Hit With $50M Ransomware
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 July 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 July 2021: 40% Fell Victim To A Phishing Attack In The Past Month; Traditional Ransomware Defences Are Failing Businesses; The Number Of Employees Going Around IT Security May Surprise You; 740 Ransomware Victims Named On Data Leak Sites In Q2 2021; A More Dynamic Approach Is Needed To Tackle Today’s Evolving Cyber Security Threats; Law Firm For Ford, Boeing, Exxon, Marriott, Walgreens, And More Hacked In Ransomware Attack; UK And Allies Accuse China Of 'Reckless' Cyber Extortion And Microsoft Hack; Even after Emotet takedown, Office docs deliver 43% of all malware downloads now; Gun owners' fears after firearms dealer data breach
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 April 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 01 April 2021: Boards Still Aren't Taking Cyber Security Seriously, That Means Everyone Is At Risk; Nearly 40% Of New Ransomware Families Use Both Data Encryption And Data Theft In Attacks; Ransomware - Why We Are Now Facing A Perfect Storm; Nearly A Fifth Of Ransomware Victims Who Pay Off Extortionists Fail To Get Their Data Back; Shadow IT Is Your Organisation's Next Remote-Working Nightmare
Cyber Threat Briefing 16 October 2020: ransomware tidal wave; notable ransomware victims from the last week; BEC Attacks: Nigeria no longer epicentre, losses top $26B; Trickbot back; MS fix 87 vulns
Cyber Threat Briefing 16 October 2020: ransomware tidal wave of attacks; Notable ransomware victims of the last week; BEC Attacks: Nigeria No Longer the Epicentre as Losses top $26B; Trickbot back after disruption attempts; Microsoft October 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 87 vulnerabilities; Malware gangs love open source offensive hacking tools
Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 03 July 2020: Ransomware attacks increasing, Microsoft emergency updates, ransomware gang auction data, 'return to work' traps, new Windows botnet, Cisco SMB router flaws
Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing 03 July 2020: Ransomware attacks increasing, Microsoft emergency updates, ransomware gang auction data, 'return to work' traps, new Windows botnet, Cisco SMB router flaws