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Top Tips for Guernsey Businesses During the Second Coronavirus Lockdown, Cyber Tip Tuesday
Top Tips for Guernsey Businesses During the Second Coronavirus Lockdown, Cyber Tip Tuesday 26 January 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 January 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 22 January 2021: Ransomware Biggest Cyber Concern; Ransomware Payments Grew 311% In 2020; Cyber Security Spending To Soar In 2021; Ransomware Provides The Perfect Cover For Other Attacks; Gdpr Fines Skyrocket As Eu Gets Tough On Data Breaches; Popular Pdf Reader Has Database Of 77 Miliion Users Leaked Online; Malware Incidents On Remote Devices Increase
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 January 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 15 January 2021: Two Thirds of Employees Don’t Consider Security Whilst Working from Home; Ransomware Gangs Targeting Top Execs; Microsoft emits 83 security fixes – and miscreants are already exploiting vulnerabilities in Windows Defender; Android malware gives hackers full control of your smartphone; Massive fraud campaign sees millions vanish from online bank accounts
Is Just Purchasing Cyber Security Tools Enough? - Cyber Tip Tuesday
Welcome to this week's Black Arrow Cyber Tip Tuesday, this week James is talking about how purchasing security tools does not in itself increase security.
It’s fair to say that there are plenty of things you can do for little or no cost that will greatly decrease your attack surface or increase your security posture. With the sheer number of products on offer promising a complete solution, it’s easy to fall in to the trap of wanting a quick fix for security. However, simply purchasing a product is unlikely to offer any benefit without appropriate configuration or in many cases the expertise to interpret the output.
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
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 December 2020
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 31 December 2020: SolarWinds hack may be much worse than originally feared; Threat actor selling 368.8 million records from 26 data breaches; The Worst Hacks of 2020; Nasty Strain of malware is back and hits 100K recipients per day; Ransomware in 2020: A Banner Year for Extortion; Russia’s global hacking efforts are going to unwind in 2021
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 December 2020
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 25 December 2020: The Cyber Threat Is Real and Growing; Ransomware Attacks Surge in Q3; In 2021 there will be a cyber attack every 11 seconds; The West has suffered a massive cyber breach and it's hard to overstate how bad it is; Big tech companies including Intel, Nvidia, and Cisco were all infected during the SolarWinds hack
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 December 2020
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 December 2020: The great hack attack - SolarWinds breach exposes big gaps in cyber security; A wake-up for the world on cyber security; White House activates cyber emergency response; US nuclear weapons agency targeted; UK companies targeted; Increasing Risk of Cyber Attacks; millions of users install malicious browser extensions; C19 Vaccines sold on dark web
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 December 2020
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 December 2020: Cyber crime costs the world more than $1 trillion, 50% increase from 2018; One of the world's largest security firms breached; Chinese Breakthrough in Quantum Computing a Warning for Security Teams; Ransom payouts hit record-highs, surging 178% in a year; Ransomware Set to Continue to Evolve
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 04 December 2020
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 4 December 2020: Covid vaccine supply chain targeted by hackers; Criminals Favour Ransomware and BEC; Bank Employee Sells Personal Data of 200,000 Clients; 2020 Pandemic changing short- and long-term approaches to risk; Cyber risks take the fun out of connected toys; Remote Workers Admit Lack of Security Training
The Risks Posed by Home Routers - Cyber Tip Tuesday video
Welcome to this week's Black Arrow Cyber Tip Tuesday, this week James is talking about the security of home routers. A recent study in Germany of 127 home routers from 7 different brands including D-Link, Linksys, TP-Link and Zyxel found that almost 60 percent of models hadn't had a security update in over a year and most were affected by hundreds of known vulnerabilities. On top of that, they found that vendors were shipping updates with no fixes for critical vulnerabilities that have been known about for many years, some are even observed as being actively exploited. Most routers are based on a Linux operating system which is patched and maintained regularly but the home router manufacturers are choosing to use old and known vulnerable versions of the operating system without sending updates to customers devices.
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 November 2020
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 27 November 2020: Hundreds of C-level executives’ credentials available for $100 to $1500; Bluetooth Attack Can Steal a Tesla Model X in Minutes; Three members of TMT cybercrime group arrested in Nigeria; Cyber criminals make £2.5m raid on law firms in lockdown; Hackers post athletes’ naked photos online
Shopping Online Safely - Black Arrow Cyber Tip Tuesday video
Shopping Online Safely - Black Arrow Cyber Tip Tuesday video
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 November 2020
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 20 November 2020
Welcome to this week’s Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing – a weekly digest, collated and curated by our cyber experts to provide senior and middle management with an easy to digest round up of the most notable threats, vulnerabilities and cyber related news from the last week.
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 November 2020
Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 13 November 2020
Cyber and Information Security is more than IT - Cyber Tip Tuesday
Cyber security and information security is not an IT issue, sure IT is a big part of it, but whether you have IT in-house or if you outsource your IT, cyber security extends far further than just being sat within IT.
You need to ask yourself if your Board is able to make effective decisions about cyber security? Does it understand all this stuff? Is your Board educated in the different threats, and the different countermeasures? What about your people controls?
Attackers very often go after your people as a week entry point into your organisation, rather than trying to break in via your technical infrastructure. How well protected are your people? Do you have robust policies and procedures in place?
Many firms ignore the human layer, where the biggest vulnerabilities exist, and many firms are failing in exercising good governance over their cyber and information security risks.
We can help to make sure all of your bases are covered, not just your IT, but people and governance too, to help you defend your organisations against one of the biggest risks to your business. Contact us today.
Key InfoSec Terms and Concepts Explained: Vulnerabilities, Threats, Risks and Countermeasures - Cyber Tip Tuesday Explainer Series
Key InfoSec Terms and Concepts Explained: Vulnerabilities, Threats, Risks and Countermeasures - Cyber Tip Tuesday Explainer Series