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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 05 April 2024
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 05 April 2024:
-Corporations with Effective Cyber Governance Create 4 Times More Value, Boosting Shareholder Returns
-Ransomware Incidents Reported to UK Financial Regulator Doubled
-Half of British SMEs Have Lost Data in Past Five Years: Threat Indicators Show 2024 Already Promising to be Worse Than 2023
-Researchers Report Sevenfold Increase in Data Theft Cases, as 17 billion Personal Records Exposed in Breaches in 2023
-AI Abuse and Misinformation Campaigns Threaten Financial Institutions
-Security Teams are ‘Overconfident’ About Handling Next-Gen Threats
-AI Makes Phishing Attacks Accessible to Basic Users
-Cyber Attacks Wreaking Physical Disruption on the Rise
-73% Brace for Cyber Security Impact on Business in Next Two Years
-To Stay Ahead of Ransomware Businesses Need to Adopt An Offensive Security Mindset
-Cyber Security Imperative for Protecting Executives
-The Increasing Role of Cyber Security Experts in Complex Legal Disputes
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 October 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 October 2021
-Protect Your Passwords, Warns Spy Chief, As Ransomware Cyber Attacks Double
-Graff Multinational Jeweller Hit by Conti Gang, Data of its Rich Clients Are At Risk
-Business Email Compromise (BEC) Costs UK Firms £140M Over Past Year
-Ransomware: It's A 'Golden Era' For Cyber Criminals - And It Could Get Worse Before It Gets Better
-Despite Increased Cyber Threats, Many Organisations Have No Defence Plans In Place
-Serious Warning Issued For Millions Of Apple iPhone Users
-Ransomware Attacks Are Evolving. Your Security Strategy Should, Too
-Solarwinds Hackers Are Targeting The Global It Supply Chain, Microsoft Says
-Defenders Worry Orgs Are More Vulnerable Than Last Year
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 May 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 28 May 2021: Cyber Insurance Firms Start Tapping Out As Ransomware Continues To Rise; Irish Health Service Faces Final Bill Of At Least €100M Following Cyber Attack; The 10 Most Dangerous Cyber Threat Actors; Dramatic Increase In Ransomware Attacks Is Causing Harm On A Significant Scale; Deepfakes Could Be The Next Big Security Threat To Businesses; Two-Thirds Of Organisations Say They'll Take Action To Boost Their Ransomware Defences
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 May 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 May 2021: Two Thirds Of CISOs Expect Damaging Cyber Attack In Next 12 Months; Ransomware - Don't Pay, It Just Shows Cyber Criminals That Attacks Work; Most Significant Cyber Attacks 2006-2020; The Shape Of Fraud And Cyber Crime, 10 Things We Learned From 2020; US Pipeline Ransomware Serves As Warning To Persistent Corporate Inertia Over Security; Ransomware Attackers Now Using Triple Extortion Tactics; AXA Pledges To Stop Reimbursing French Ransomware Victims; Cyber Experts Warn Over Online Wine Scams
The Dangers of Public Wi-Fi - Cyber Tip Tuesday video 25 August 2020
Welcome to this week's Black Arrow Cyber Tip Tuesday, this week James is talking about public or insecure Wi-Fi.
Unsecured Public Wi-Fi is a minefield of security risks. If you're connecting to an unsecured access point or a network where the key is publicly available, such as an airport, coffee shop or public event then you're susceptible to a host of different types of attacks from people who want to steal your personal or company data. Connecting to these networks without considering the security implications will mean that any malicious individual lurking about could have complete and unrestricted access to the data you transmit and receive, including usernames and passwords as well as the data on your device. They could even install malware that could compromise your more secure devices at home or at work when you reconnect to those networks later.
One popular technique to exploit people looking for "free Wi-Fi" is to advertise a free hotspot which is in fact a malicious network to capture data or install malware on the devices that connect to it.
The best way to avoid the risks is to only connect to networks that you trust and if you really must connect to an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot then use a VPN. A VPN will wrap traffic to and from your device in an encrypted tunnel to prevent it from being intercepted or captured.
If you'd like to know more about how you can protect yourself or your company, contact us today.
Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing for 14 February 2020 – Microsoft patches 99 vulns, Nedbank 1.7m customer breach, PC malware spreads via WiFi, Cybercrime losses triple
Cyber Weekly Flash Briefing for 14 February 2020 – Microsoft patches 99 vulns, Nedbank 1.7m customer breach, PC malware spreads via WiFi, Cybercrime losses triple