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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 February 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Briefing 24 February 2023:
-Employees Bypass Cyber Security Guidance to Achieve Business Objectives
-Three Quarters of Businesses Braced for Serious Email Attack this Year
-The Cost of Living Crisis is Triggering a Wave of Workplace Crime
-Fighting Ransomware with Cyber Security Audits
-Record Levels of Fraud Impacting 90% of Payment Compliance Teams
-CISOs Struggle with Stress and Limited Resources
-Cyber Threats and Regulations Mount for Financial Industry
-HardBit Ransomware Wants Insurance Details to Set the Perfect Price
-Social Engineering is Becoming Increasingly Sophisticated
-A Fifth of Brits Have Fallen Victim to Online Scammers
-Cyber Attacks Hit Data Centres to Steal Information From Companies
-Phishing Fears Ramp Up on Email, Collaboration Platforms
-The War in Ukraine has Shaken up the Cyber Criminal Eco-system
-Police Bust €41m Email Scam Gang
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 February 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 February 2023:
-Companies Banned from Paying Hackers After Attacks on Royal Mail and Guardian
-Fraud Set to Be Upgraded as a Threat to National Security
-98% of Attacks are Not Reported by Employees to their Employers
-UK Second Most Targeted Nation Behind America for Ransomware
-Financial Institutions are Suffering from Increasingly Sophisticated Cyber Attacks
-An Email Attack Can End Up Costing You Over $1 Million
-Cyber Crime Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
-Surge of Swatting Attacks Targets Corporate Executive and Board Members
-Phishing Surges Ahead, as ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence Loom
-Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group is Only Getting Started, Experts Warn
-Crypto Investors Lost Nearly $4 Billion to Hackers in 2022
-PayPal and Twitter Abused in Turkey Relief Donation Scams
-Mysterious Leak of Booking.com Reservation Data is Being Used to Scam Customers
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 January 2023:
-Quarter of UK SMBs Hit by Ransomware in 2022
-Global Cyber Attack Volume Surges 38% in 2022
-1 in 3 Organisations Do Not Provide Any Cyber Security Training to Remote Workers Despite the Majority of Employees Having Access to Critical Data
-AI-Generated Phishing Attacks Are Becoming More Convincing
-Customer and Employee Data the Top Prize for Hackers
-Royal Mail hit by Ransomware Attack, Causes ‘Severe Disruption’ to Services
-The Guardian Confirms Personal Information Compromised in Ransomware Attack
-Ransomware Gang Releases Info Stolen from 14 UK Schools, Including Passport Scans
-The Dark Web’s Criminal Minds See Internet of Things as Next Big Hacking Prize
-Corrupted File to Blame for Computer Glitch which Grounded Every US Flight
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 06 January 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 06 January 2023:
-Cyber War in Ukraine, Ransomware Fears Drive Surge in Demand for Threat Intelligence Tools
-Cyber Premiums Holding Firms to Ransom
-Ransomware Ecosystem Becoming More Diverse For 2023
-Attackers Evolve Strategies to Outmanoeuvre Security Teams
-Building a Security-First Culture: The Key to Cyber Success
-Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Microsoft Flaws Make Up Half of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalogue
-First LastPass, Now Slack and CircleCI. The Hacks Go On (and will likely worsen)
-Data of 235 Million Twitter Users Leaked Online
-16 Car Makers, including BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Kia, Land Rover, Mercedes and Toyota, and Their Vehicles Hacked via Telematics, APIs, Infrastructure
-Ransomware Gang Apologizes, Gives SickKids Hospital Free Decryptor
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 08 April 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 April 2022
-Nearly Two-Thirds of Ransomware Victims Paid Ransoms Last Year, Finds "2022 Cyberthreat Defense Report"
-New Android Banking Malware Remotely Takes Control of Your Device
-Network Intrusion Detections Skyrocketing
-Organisations Underestimating the Seriousness Of Insider Threats
-Watch Out For Phishing Emails From Genuine Mailing Lists, Following Mailchimp Hack
-SpringShell Attacks Target About One in Six Vulnerable Orgs
-New Threat Group Underscores Mounting Concerns Over Russian Cyber Threats
-Consumer Fraud Tripled in The Last Two Years
-Borat RAT: Multiple Threat of Ransomware, DDoS and Spyware
-Bank Had No Firewall License, Intrusion or Phishing Protection – Guess The Rest
-Global APT Groups Use Ukraine War for Phishing Lures
-Paying Ransom Doesn’t Guarantee Data Recovery