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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 17 May 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 17 May 2024:

-Social Engineering is the Biggest Cyber Threat as Study Finds Most Workers Have Clicked on a Suspicious Email Link

-Business Leaders are Stressing Out Over Pace of Technological Change, as Cyber Security Incidents Seen as Main Business Disruptor

-ICO Warns That Many UK Businesses Neglect Basic Cyber Security: More Ransomware and Cyber Attacks Last Year Than Ever Before

-Data Breaches are Getting Worse, Many are Employee Errors or Social Engineering Attacks

-Why Cyber Insurance isn’t a Substitute for Cyber Risk Management

-China Presents Defining Challenge to Global Cyber Security, Says GCHQ

-Botnet Sent Millions of Emails in LockBit Black Ransomware Campaign

-Global Financial Stability at Risk Due to Cyber Threats, IMF warns

-Ongoing Campaign Bombards Enterprises with Spam Emails and Phone Calls

-Santander Data Breach via Third-Party Provider Impacted Customers and Employees

-40% of Cyber Teams Have Held Back from Reporting Cyber Attacks Over Fear of Losing Jobs

-Digital Resilience – a Step Up from Cyber Security

-UK Lags Europe on Exploited Vulnerability Remediation

-Cyber Threats Demand More Focus Says Zurich, as UK Insurance And NCSC Join Forces to Fight Ransomware Payments

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 02 February 2024

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 02 February 2024:

-The Financial Sector Is Plagued by Increasingly Sophisticated Cyber Attacks That Demand a Defensive Paradigm Shift

-The $10 Billion Cyber Insurance Industry Sees a Dangerous Year in Cyber Crime Ahead. AI, Ransomware, and War are its Biggest Concerns

-Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Used Known Identified Tactics to Breach Senior Exec Emails

-Old Methods, New Tricks: Cyber Criminals Are Still Using Social Engineering to Steal Your Credentials

-UK Government Unveils New Cyber Threat Guidelines as 32% of Firms Suffer Attacks in Past Year

-94% of Organisations Would Pay a Ransom, Despite Having ‘Do Not Pay’ Policies, as 79% Faced an Attack in 2023

-Interpol Arrests More than 30 Cyber Criminals in Global Operation

-Divide and Succeed: Splitting IT and Security Makes Business Sense

-Ransomware Groups Gain Clout with False Attack Claims

-Payment Fraud is Hitting Organisations Harder Than Ever Before

-Chinese Hacking Operations Have Entered a Far More Dangerous Phase, US Warns

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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 11 February 2022

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 February 2022:

-UK, US, Australia Issue Joint Advisory: Ransomware on the Loose, Critical National Infrastructure Affected

-Ransomware Groups and APT Actors Laser-Focused on Financial Services

-Why the C-Suite Should Focus on Understanding Cybersecurity and Investing Appropriately

-Almost $1.3bn Paid to Ransomware Actors Since 2020

-Cyber Crooks Frame Targets by Planting Fabricated Digital Evidence

-Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT) Bypassing Traditional Security Defenses

-LockBit, BlackCat, Swissport, Oh My! Ransomware Activity Stays Strong

-2021 Was The Most Prolific Year On Record For Data Breaches

-$1.3 Billion Lost to Romance Scams in the Past Five Years

-Cyber Security Compliance Still Not A Priority For Many

-The World is Falling Victim to the Growing Trickbot Attacks in 2022

-“We Absolutely Do Not Care About You”: Sugar Ransomware Targets Individuals

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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

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