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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 March 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 10 March 2023:

-Business Email Compromise Attacks Can Take Just Hours

-Research Reveals ‘Password’ is Still the Most Common Term used by Hackers to Breach Enterprise Networks

-Just 10% of Firms Can Resolve Cloud Threats in an Hour

-MSPs in the Crosshair of Ransomware Gangs

-Stolen Credentials Increasingly Empower the Cyber Crime Underground

-It’s Time to Assess the Potential Dangers of an Increasingly Connected World

-Mounting Cyber Threats Mean Financial Firms Urgently Need Better Safeguards

-Developers Leaked 10m Credentials Including Passwords in 2022

-Cyber Threat Detections Surges 55% In 2022

-European Central Bank Tells Banks to Run Cyber Stress Tests after Rise in Hacker Attacks

-Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Business Data to ChatGPT

-Is Ransomware Declining? Not So Fast Experts Say

-Preventing Corporate Data Breaches Starts With Remembering That Leaks Have Real Victims

-Faced With Likelihood of Ransomware Attacks, Businesses Still Choosing to Pay Up

-Experts See Growing Need for Cyber Security Workers as One in Six Jobs go Unfilled

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 March 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 March 2022

-Sharp Rise in SMB Cyberattacks By Russia And China

-We're Seeing An 800% Increase in Cyber Attacks, Says One MSP

-Internet Warfare: How The Russians Could Paralyse Britain

-Just 3% Of Employees Cause 92% Of Malware Events

-70% Of Breached Passwords Are Still in Use

-Organisations Taking Nearly Two Months To Remediate Critical Risk Vulnerabilities

-Android Malware Escobar Steals Your Google Authenticator MFA Codes

-Smartphone Malware Is On The Rise - Here's How To Stay Safe

-Russia May Use Ransomware Payouts to Avoid Sanctions’ Financial Harm

-How An 8-Character Password Could Be Cracked in Less Than An Hour

-Cyber Insurance and Business Risk: How the Relationship Is Changing Reinsurance & Policy Guidance

-Security Teams Prep Too Slowly for Cyber Attacks

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 February 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 February 2022:

-Why Cyber Change Outpaces Boardroom Engagement

-NCSC Alerts UK Orgs To Brace For Destructive Russian Cyber Attacks

-Ransomware: Over Half Of Attacks Are Targeting These Three Industries

-Third of Employees Admit to Exfiltrating Data When Leaving Their Job

-Massive Social Engineering Waves Have Impacted Banks In Several Countries

-Ransomware Is Terrifying – But Never Underestimate The Damage An Employee With Unmonitored Access Can Do

-People Working In IT Related Roles Equally Susceptible To Phishing Attempts As The General Population

-FBI Says More Cyber Attacks Come From China Than Everywhere Else Combined

-Managing Detections Is Not the Same as Stopping Breaches

-From War to Web Security, Protect Your Attack Surface from the Weakest Link

-Number Of Data Compromises Reaching All-Time High

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 January 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 21 January 2022

-Cyber Risks Top Worldwide Business Concerns In 2022

-Bosses Think That Security Is Taken Care Of: CISOs Aren't So Sure

-Fraud Is On the Rise, and It's Going to Get Worse

-Two-Fifths of Ransomware Victims Still Paying Up

-Less Than a Fifth of Cyber Leaders Feel Confident Their Organisation is Cyber-Resilient

-Endpoint Malware And Ransomware Detections Hit All-Time High

-End Users Remain Organisations' Biggest Security Risk

-Supply Chain Disruptions Rose In 2021

-Red Cross Begs Attackers Not to Leak Stolen Data for 515K People

-DHL Dethrones Microsoft As Most Imitated Brand In Phishing Attacks

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 October 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 08 October 2021

-Half of Regulated Firms See Pandemic Spike in Financial Crime

-Large Ransom Demands And Password-Guessing Attacks Escalate

-How Insurers Play a Big Role in Spurring Cyber Crime

-How Fraudsters Can Use The Forgotten Details Of Your Online Life To Reel You In

-Malicious Hackers Are Exploiting Known Vulnerabilities Because Organisations Aren’t Quick Enough To Patch – Report

-Ransomware: Cyber Criminals Are Still Exploiting These Old Vulnerabilities, So Patch Now

-Why Today’s Cyber Security Threats Are More Dangerous

-One In Three IT Security Managers Don’t Have A Formal Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan

-Cyber Security Best Practices Lagging, Despite People Being Aware Of The Risks

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