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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 September 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 22 September 2023:
-New Ransomware Victims Surge by 47% as Small Businesses Targeted
-MGM Resorts Lost Millions of Dollars a Day in What Should be a Wakeup Call for Corporate Boards
-SMEs Overestimate Their Cyber Security Preparedness
-China’s Hacking Power Bigger Than Rest of World Combined
-Cyber Insurance Claims for Ransomware Reach Record High
-Cyber Security Still Remains the Greatest Concern for Many C-Suite Executives
-Bad Torts: Law Firms Feel the Heat from Rising Cyber Threats
-Attacker Deepfakes IT Employees’ Voice in Phone Call to Breach Company
-Insider Risks are Getting Increasingly Costly as Organisations Fail to Proactively Address Them
-Half of Executives Expect Supply Chain Challenges
-How Social Engineering Takes Advantage of Your Kindness
-Employers Blame Employees as 54% of Firms Face Cyber Attacks Annually
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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 May 2023:
- Boards Need Better Conversations About Cyber Security
- Uber’s Ex-Security Chief Sentenced for Security Breach
- Global Cyber Attacks Rise by 7% in Q1 2023
- Three-Quarters of Firms Predict Breach in Coming Year
- The Costly Threat That Many Businesses Fail to Address
- European Data at Risk with Tick-box GDPR Compliance and High Cyber Attack Volumes
- Understanding Cyber Threat Intelligence for Business Security
- Hackers Are Finding Ways to Evade Latest Cyber Security Tools
- Study Shows a 27% Spike in Publicly Known Ransomware Victims
- Data Loss Costs Are Going Up – and Not Just for Those Who Choose to Pay Thieves
- Give NotPetya-hit Merck that $1.4B, Appeals Court Tells Insurers
- 4 Ways Leaders Should Re-evaluate Their Cyber Security's Focus
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 January 2023:
-Supply Chain Attacks Caused More Data Compromises Than Malware
-What Makes Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Vulnerable to BEC Attacks
-Understanding Your Attack Surface Makes It Easier to Prioritise Technologies and Systems
-Cyber Security Pros Sound Alarm Over Insider Threats
-Ransomware Attack Hit KFC and Pizza Hut Stores in the UK
-Forthcoming SEC Rules Will Trigger ‘Tectonic Shift’ in How Corporate Boards Treat Cyber Security
-Why CISOs Make Great Board Members
-View From Davos: The Changing Economics of Cyber Crime
-Cloud Based Networks Under Increasing Attack, Report Finds
-GoTo Admits: Customer Cloud Backups Stolen Together with Decryption Key
-State-Linked Hackers in Russia and Iran are Targeting UK Groups, NCSC Warns
-3.7 Million Customers’ Data of Hilton Hotels Put Up For Sale
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 January 2023:
-Experts at Davos 2023 Call for a Global Response to the Gathering 'Cyber Storm'
-Cost of Data Breaches to Global Businesses at Five-Year High
-European Data Protection Authorities Issue Record €2.92 Billion In GDPR Fines, an Increase of 168%
-PayPal Accounts Breached in Large-Scale Credential Stuffing Attack
-Royal Mail Boss to Face MPs’ Questions Over Russian Ransomware Attack
-Third-Party Risk Management: Why 2023 Could be the Perfect Time to Overhaul your TPRM Program
-EU Cyber Resilience Regulation Could Translate into Millions in Fines
-Russian Hackers Try to Bypass ChatGPT's Restrictions for Malicious Purposes
-New Report Reveals CISOs Rising Influence
-ChatGPT and its Perilous Use as a "Force Multiplier" for Cyber Attacks
-Mailchimp Discloses a New Security Breach, the Second One in 6 Months
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 December 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 23 December 2022:
-LastPass Users: Your Info and Password Vault Data are Now in Hackers’ Hands
-Ransomware Attacks Increased 41% In November
-The Risk of Escalation from Cyber Attacks Has Never Been Greater
-FBI Recommends Ad Blockers as Cyber Criminals Impersonate Brands in Search Engine Ads
-North Korea-Linked Hackers Stole $626 Million in Virtual Assets in 2022
-UK Security Agency Wants Fresh Approach to Combat Phishing
-GodFather Android malware targets 400 banks, crypto exchanges
-Companies Overwhelmed by Available Tech Solutions
-Nine in 10 Third-party Contractors, Freelancers Use Personal, Unmanaged Devices Likely to be Infected
-UK Privacy Regulator Names and Shames Breached Firms
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 November 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 November 2022:
-Research Finds Organisations Lack Tools and Teams to Address Cyber Security Threats
-Some 98% of Global Firms Suffer Supply Chain Breach in 2021
-Only 30% of Cyber Insurance Holders Say Ransomware is Covered
-Companies Hit by Ransomware Often Targeted Again, Research Says
-Ransomware Remains Top Cyber Risk for Organisations Globally, Says Allianz
-How Geopolitical Turmoil Changed the Cyber Security Threat Landscape
-Swiss Re Wants Government Bail Out academias Cyber Crime Insurance Costs Spike
-Extortion Economics: Ransomware's New Business Model
-Confidence in Data Recovery Tools Low
-Russia’s Sway Over Criminal Ransomware Gangs Is Coming into Focus
-Insider Risk on the Rise: 12% of Employees Take IP When Leaving Jobs
-Why a Clear Cyber Policy is Critical for Companies
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 August 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 August 2022
-Average Cost of Data Breaches Hits Record High of $4.35 Million: IBM
-Researchers Warns of Large-Scale Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) Attacks Targeting Enterprise Users
-UK NHS Suffers Outage After Cyber Attack on Managed Service Provider
-A Third of Organisations Experience a Ransomware Attack Once a Week
-Ransomware Products, Services Ads on Dark Web Show Clues to Danger
-Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing, How Malware Tricks Users and Antivirus
-Microsoft Accounts Targeted with New MFA-Bypassing Phishing Kit
-Cyber Attack Prevention Is Cost-Effective, So Why Aren’t Businesses Investing to Protect?
-Securing Your Move to the Hybrid Cloud
-Lessons from the Russian Cyber Warfare Attacks
-Four Sneaky Attacker Evasion Techniques You Should Know About
-Zero-Day Defence: Tips for Defusing the Threat
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 July 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 July 2022
-1 in 3 Employees Don’t Understand Why Cyber Security Is Important
-As Companies Calculate Cyber Risk, The Right Data Makes a Big Difference
-Only 25% Of Organizations Consider Their Biggest Threat to Be from Inside the Business
-The Global Average Cost of a Data Breach Reaches an All-Time High of $4.35 Million
-Race Against Time: Hackers Start Hunting for Victims Just 15 Minutes After a Bug Is Disclosed
-Ransomware-as-a-Service Groups Forced to Change Tack as Payments Decline
-Phishers Targeted Financial Services Most During H1 2022
-HR Emails Dupe Employees the Most – KnowBe4 research reveals
-84% Of Organizations Experienced an Identity-Related Breach In The Past 18 Months
-Economic Downturn Raises Risk of Insiders Going Rogue
-5 Trends Making Cyber Security Threats Riskier and More Expensive
-Ransomware: Publicly Reported Incidents Are Only the Tip of the Iceberg
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 December 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 December 2021
-The Log4j Flaw Will Take Years to be Fully Addressed
-Copycat And Fad Hackers Will Be The Bane Of Supply Chain Security In 2022
-This Nightmare Incident Shows Why You Really Shouldn't Store Passwords In Your Browser
-Kaspersky Research: 47% of Incident Response Requests Linked to Ransomware
-Global Cyber Attacks from Nation-State Actors Posing Greater Threats
-Y2k22 Bug Is Causing Microsoft Exchange Server To Fail Worldwide: FIP-FS Scan Engine Failed To Load
-External Attackers Can Penetrate Most Local Company Networks
-The Have I Been Pwned Service Now Includes 441K Accounts Stolen By RedLine Malware
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 September 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 September 2021
-Ransomware Preparedness Is Low Despite Executives’ Concerns
-MSPs That Cannot Modernize Will Find Themselves And Their Clients Falling Behind
-Two-Thirds Of Cloud Attacks Could Be Stopped By Checking Configurations, Research Finds
-Open Source Software Cyber Attacks Increasing By 650%, Popular Projects More Vulnerable
-Third-Party Cloud Providers: Expanding The Attack Surface
-Ransomware Encrypts South Africa's Entire Dept Of Justice Network
-2021’s Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses
-46% Of All On-Prem Databases Are Vulnerable To Attack, Breaches Expected To Grow
-Most Fortune 500 Companies’ External IT Infrastructure Considered At Risk
-Thousands Of Internet-Connected Databases Contain High Or Critical Vulnerabilities
-Only 30% Of Enterprises Use Cloud Services With End to End Encryption For External File Sharing
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 September 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 03 September 2021
-Ransomware Attacks Soar 288% in H1 2021
-Ransomware Costs Expected To Reach $265 Billion By 2031
-Brute Force Email Attacks and Account Takeover Attempts Rise 671%, Reaching Unprecedented Levels, Causing Financial And Reputational Damage
-Investigation Into Hacked "Map" Of UK Gun Owners
-Eight US Financial Services Firms Given Six-Figure Fines Over BEC Data Breaches
-Ransomware Has Been A ‘Game Changer’ For Cyber Insurance
-WhatsApp hit with $267 million GDPR fine for bungling user privacy disclosure
-Microsoft Warns About Open Redirect Phishing Campaign
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 August 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 August 2021
-Cyber Crime Losses Triple To £1.3bn In 1h 2021
-New Ransomware Wake-Up Call
-22% Of Cyber Security Incidents In H1 2021 Were Ransomware Attacks
-Key Email Threats And The High Cost Of Business Email Compromise
-Microsoft Warns Thousands Of Cloud Customers Of Exposed Databases
-58% Of IT Leaders Worried Their Business Could Become A Target Of Rising Nation State Attacks
-Cyber Insurance Market Encounters ‘Crisis Moment’ As Ransomware Costs Pile Up
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 January 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 January 2021: Ryuk gang estimated to have made more than $150 million from ransomware; China's hackers move to ransomware; Amid hardened security, attackers seek softer targets; Hackney Council files leaked online after cyber attack; PayPal users targeted in new SMS phishing campaign; the rise of cyber-mercenaries; Declutter Your Devices to Reduce Security Risks
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 December 2020
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 December 2020: SolarWinds hack may be much worse than originally feared; Threat actor selling 368.8 million records from 26 data breaches; The Worst Hacks of 2020; Nasty Strain of malware is back and hits 100K recipients per day; Ransomware in 2020: A Banner Year for Extortion; Russia’s global hacking efforts are going to unwind in 2021