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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 December 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 29 December 2023:

-UK Ministers Publicly State Fears of Potential Widescale Power Grid Disruptions

-Countries Brace for Influence Operations, AI and Hacking Campaigns Ahead of Historic 2024 Election Year, Could Upset World Balance

-The Most Popular Passwords of 2023 are Easy to Guess and Crack

-Dangerous Malware Pretends to be Some of Your Most Used Business Software

-MFA Helps You Stay Resilient, But Nothing is a Silver Bullet

-Ransomware Leak Site Victims Reached Record-High in November

-MOVEit, Capita, CitrixBleed and More: The Biggest Data Breaches of 2023

-Europol Warns 443 Online Shops Infected with Credit Card Stealers

-Physical Access Systems Open Door to IT Networks

-Simple Hacking Techniques Prove Successful in 2023 Cyber Attacks

-Daily Malicious Files Rise to 411,000 a day in 2023

-Android Malware Actively Infecting Devices to Take Full Control

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 24 November 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 24 November 2023:

-The Human Element- Cyber Security’s Great Challenge

-Good Cyber Hygiene is a Strategic Imperative for SMEs, Report Shows

-Despite Increasing Ransomware Attacks, Some Companies in Denial

-A Single Supply Chain Related Ransomware Incident Spurred UK Decision Makers to Spend Big on Cyber as Latest Victim Count exceeds 2.6K Organisations and 77M People

-The True Cost of a Ransomware Attack

-Largest Study of Its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices Are Putting Millions at Risk

-Cyber Security Investment Involves More Than Just Technology

-Questions Leaders Must Ask Themselves on Security Culture

-There’s a Crossover Between Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Nation-State Crime

-Cyber Attack on British Library Highlights Lack of UK Resilience

-Organisations Rethink Cyber Security Investments to Meet NIS2 and DORA Directive Requirements

-The Cyber Security Lawsuit Boards are Talking About

-UK and Republic of Korea Issue Warning About North Korea State-Linked Cyber Actors Attacking Software Supply Chains

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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

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 August 2023

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 25 August 2023:

-Cloud Hosting Firm Loses All Customer Data After Ransomware Attack

-Would You Infect Others to Rid Yourself of Ransomware?

-Artificial Intelligence and USBs Drive 8% Rise in Cyber Attacks

-Ransomware Attacks Broke Records in July, Mainly Driven By One Group

-Cyber Risk in The Boardroom

-Malware-Infected Advertising Grows Ever More Sophisticated, And More Damaging

-Cyber Security is Everyone’s Responsibility

-QR Code Hacks Are Another Thing to Worry About Now

-Security Basics Aren’t So Basic Anymore

-Apple MacOS Security Myths

-Security Leaders Report Misalignment of Investments and Risk Reduction

-Many CISOs Tout SaaS (Cloud) Cyber Security Confidence, but 79% Admit to SaaS Incidents, New Report Finds

-If You Ever Used Duolingo, Watch Out for Phishing Email

-91% of Security and IT Professionals Agree Cyber Criminals are Already Using AI in Email Attacks

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 November 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 19 November 2021

-Insurers Run From Ransomware Cover As Losses Mount

-The Ransomware Threat Is Getting Worse. But Businesses Still Aren't Taking It Seriously

-Ransomware Is Now A Giant Black Hole That Is Sucking In All Other Forms Of Cyber Crime

-52% Of SMBs Have Experienced A Cyber Attack In The Last Year

-Ransomware Phishing Emails Sneak Through SEGs

-Reality Check: Your Security Hygiene Is Worse Than You Think It Is

-The Covid-19 Crisis Has Fueled The Increase Of Cyber Crime In All Its Forms

-Ransomware Attacks Are Getting More Complex And Even Harder To Prevent

-Most Ransomware Attacks Rely On Exploiting Older, Unpatched Vulnerabilities

-Out-Of-Hours Ransomware Attacks Have A Greater Impact On Revenue

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 October 2021

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 October 2021

-Many Organisations Lack Basic Cyber Hygiene Despite High Confidence In Their Cyber Defences

-83% Of Ransomware Victims Paid Ransom: Survey

-Report: Ransomware Affected 72% Of Organizations In Past Year

-Ransomware: Looking For Weaknesses In Your Own Network Is Key To Stopping Attacks

-A Hacker Warns: Give Up Trying To Keep Me Out — And Focus On Your Data

-Cyber Risk Trends Driving The Surge In Ransomware Incidents

-US Ransomware Victims Paid $600 Million to Hackers in 1H of 2021

-Hacking Group Created Fake Cyber Security Companies To Hire Experts And Involve Them In Ransomware Attacks Tricking Them Of Conducting A Pentest

-Nearly Three-Quarters of Organizations Victimized by DNS Attacks in Past 12 Months

-Cyber Crime Matures As Hackers Are Forced To Work Smarter

-Hackers Stealing Browser Cookies to Hijack High-Profile YouTube Accounts

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