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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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 July 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 14 July 2023:
-Cyber Attacks Are a War We'll Never Win, but We Can Defend Ourselves
-Helping Boards Understand Cyber Risks
-Enterprise Risk Management Should Inform Cyber Risk Strategies
-Law Firms at High Risk of Attack as Ransomware Groups Begin to Focus Attention
-20% of Malware Attacks Bypass Antivirus Protection
-Ransomware Payments and Extortion Spiked Compared to 2022
-AI, Trust, and Data Security are Key Issues for Finance Firms and Their Customers
-Caution: Microsoft Warns of Office Zero-Day Attacks with No Patch Available
-Scam Page Volumes Surge 304% Annually
-Financial Industry Faces Soaring Ransomware Threat
-The Need for Risk-Based Vulnerability Management to Combat Threats
-Government Agencies Breached in Microsoft 365 Email Attacks
-Concerns Raised as Report Questions UK’s “Completely Inadequate” Defence to Threats from China
-Hackers Backed by North Korea have Stolen Billions of Dollars Over the Last Five Years
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 June 2023
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 June 2023:
-Zurich Insurance Group Secures Data Leak After Leaving Sensitive Data Publicly Accessible
-Employees Worry Less About Cyber Security Best Practices in the Summer
-Businesses are Ignoring Third-Party Security Risks
-Fear Trumps Anger When It Comes to Data Breaches – Angry Customers Vent, But Fearful Customers Don’t Come Back
-Over 130 Organisations and Millions of Individuals Believed to Be Impacted by MOVEit Hack, it Keeps Growing
-Widespread BEC Attacks Threaten European Organisations
-Lloyd’s Syndicates Sued Over Cyber Insurance
-95% Fear Inadequate Cloud Security Detection and Response
-The Growing Use of Generative AI and the Security Risks They Pose
-The CISO’s Toolkit Must Include Political Capital Within The C-Suite
-Microsoft Warns of Widescale Credential Stealing Attacks by Russian Hackers as War Ministers Reliant on Cyber Crime
-SMBs Plagued by Exploits, Trojans and Backdoors
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 December 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 30 December 2022:
-Cyber Attacks Set to Become ‘Uninsurable’, Says Zurich Chief
-Your Business Should Compensate for Modern Ransomware Capabilities Right Now
-Reported Phishing Attacks Have Quintupled
-Ransomware, DDoS See Major Upsurge Led by Upstart Hacker Group
-Videoconferencing Worries Grow, With SMBs in Cyber Attack Crosshairs
-Will the Crypto Crash Impact Cyber Security in 2023? Maybe.
-The Worst Hacks of 2022
-Geopolitical Tensions Expected to Further Impact Cyber Security in 2023
-Fraudsters’ Working Patterns Have Changed in Recent Years
-Hacktivism is Back and Messier Than Ever
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 November 2022
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 November 2022:
-Amid Legal Fallout, Cyber Insurers Redefine State-Sponsored Attacks as Act of War
-Supply Chains Need Shoring Up Against Cyber Attacks, C-Suite Executives Say
-Is Your Board Prepared for New Cyber Security Regulations?
-Unwanted Emails Steadily Creeping into Inboxes
-People Are Still Using the Dumbest Passwords Available
-Zero-Trust Initiatives Stall, as Cyber Attack Costs Rocket to $1M per Incident
-44% of Financial Institutions Believe Their Own IT Teams Are the Main Risk to Cloud Security
-MFA Fatigue Attacks Are Putting Your Organisation at Risk
-Cyber Security Training Boosts Risk Posture, Research Finds
-MI5 Chief: UK will have to tackle Russian Aggression ‘for Years to Come’
-Offboarding Processes Pose Security Risks as Job Turnover Increases: Report
-Do Companies Need Cyber Insurance?