Black Arrow Cyber Consulting Limited

30/08/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 28 August 2026:
-ZeroTokens Phishing Platform Steers Attacks in Real Time
-ToxicPanda Banking Trojan Matures into Enterprise Threat
-New Windows Malware Lays Dormant Until a Custom Command Activates It like a Sleeper Agent
-What Your CISO Is Trying to Tell You, and Why It Matters More Than You Think
-Why Provision 29 Is Raising the Bar for Board Accountability
-Worrying Cyber Security Gaps Expose UK Charities
-How Shadow IT Threatens Your Cyber Security and Digital Sovereignty
-The Outsized Shadow: Why 5% of AI Users Are Your Biggest Security Risk
-AI Vulnerability Discovery Scores the Highest Impact of 20 Emerging Risks
-Ransomware Attack Volumes Hit ‘High Water Mark’ in July
-Incident Response: Why the First Two Hours After an Attack Set the Tone
-Business Continuity and Cyber Security: Two Sides of the Same Coin

23/08/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 21 August 2026:
-Why Compliance Does Not Guarantee Cyber Resilience
-Infostealers Harvest 1.7 Billion Credentials in Six Months
-Password Spraying Attacks Surge 155x as Hackers Exploit MFA Gaps
-Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware
-UK Cyberattacks Jump 26% Year-on-Year as Ransomware Activity Doubles Globally
-Your Security Appliances Are the Attack Surface
-Stealthy Attacks: How to Protect Your Business
-Attackers Turn to AI for Help Identifying Files Worth Stealing
-Rogue Ransomware Affiliate Poses as Recovery Firm to Steal Payments
-The 80% Problem: Why AI Resilience Is More Important Than Ever
-UK Fraud Cases Hit Record High in 2026
-How CSOs Can Turn Cyber Security into a Business Growth Strategy

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intel Briefing 21 August 2026: Why Compliance Does Not Guarantee Cyber Resilience; Infostealers Harvest 1.7 Billion Credentials in Six Months; Password Spraying Attacks Surge 155x as Hackers Exploit MFA Gaps; Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver M

16/08/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 14 August 2026:
-AI Is Changing Cyber Threats. Recovery Is Becoming Just as Important as Prevention
-Why Recovery Readiness Has Become the New Standard for Cyber Resilience
-‘The Easiest Way into a Company Isn’t Always Through a Vulnerability Anymore’: Hackers Are Building a Global Insider Threat Recruitment Network – and They’re Even Offering Referral Bonuses
-Cyber Security Needs a New Operating Model
-The New Mandate for CISOs: Become an Architect of Secure AI
-Ransomware Attacks Spike as World Distracted by AI
-Ransomware Attackers Target Managers to Steal Data and Move Deeper into Corporate Networks
-Ransom-Seeking Hackers Set Their Sights on Wall Street’s Trillion-Dollar Private Equity Firms
-Who Is Liable When AI Goes Rogue? Lawyers See New Risks
-UK Charities Count the Cost of Beacon CRM Cyberattack
-Inside the BBC’s Emergency Plans for a Putin Cyber Attack

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intel Briefing 14 August 2026: AI Is Changing Cyber Threats. Recovery Is Becoming Just as Important as Prevention; Why Recovery Readiness Has Become the New Standard for Cyber Resilience; Hackers Are Building a Global Insider Threat Recruitment Network; The New Mandate for C

09/08/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 07 August 2026:
-AI Deception Emerges in Cyber Tests as Agents Target Real People and Systems
-AI Isn't the Biggest Cyber Security Risk. Yesterday's Security Model Is
-Cybercriminals Bypass AI Safety Controls by Splitting Malicious Tasks Across Multiple Sessions
-AI Is ‘Both the Weapon and the Target’ in Latest Wave of Cyberattacks
-The $5 Million Threat: AI Is Supercharging Phishing Attacks
-Humans, Not AI, Still a Cause of Most Cyber Losses in First Half of Year
-Device Code Phishing Up 1,500% in 2026; Vishing Doubles
-Attackers Are Using Microsoft’s Legitimate Login System to Camouflage Phishing Attacks
-Hackers Can Weaponise Microsoft Copilot to Hijack CEO Accounts and Redirect Wire Transfers
-Russian Spies Take Their Half-Click Email Attack from Zimbra to Outlook
-Cloud and SaaS Environments Now Top Targets for Attackers
-The Modern CISO Is Becoming the Next CFO

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intel Briefing 07 August 2026: AI Deception Emerges in Cyber Tests as Agents Target Real People and Systems; AI Isn't the Biggest Cyber Security Risk. Yesterday's Security Model Is; AI Is Supercharging Phishing Attacks; Device Code Phishing Up 1,500% in 2026; Vishing Doubles

02/08/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 31 July 2026:
-73% of Organisations Say They Are Not Fully Ready for a Major Cyberattack
-Why the Biggest AI-Driven Cyber Threat Is Still Human Nature
-Phishing Dominates as Initial Entry Method for Cyberattacks, as Hackers Hone Evasion Techniques
-AI Is Gaining Ability to Personalise Cyberattacks, Enabling Phishing at Scale
-Microsoft Detects 7.6 Billion Email Phishing Threats as Teams Vishing Attacks Increases 10-Fold
-Year-Long Russian Attacks Infect Users as Soon as They Look at an Email
-Malvertising Sends Malware in Pieces, Then Makes the Browser Build the Executable
-Ransomware Groups Increasingly Deploy EDR Kill Techniques
-Agentic Browsers Rewind Web Security by 20 Years
-OpenAI's Rogue AI Hacked Four More Platforms besides Hugging Face
-Hackers Hijack Hotel Wi-Fi DNS to Steal Microsoft 365 Accounts
-Response to Fraud Must Transform Faster, Warns City of London Police

26/07/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 24 July 2026:
-OpenAI’s New Model Went Rogue and Hacked Another Company. Why It Matters.
-AI Models Keep Getting Caught Cheating
-Senior Executives Abuse Shadow AI Twice as Much as Regular Employees Do
-The Script, Not the Voice, Is What Makes AI Voice Phishing Work
-Connecting AI Agents to Outside Services Explodes the Risk Radius
-Cyber Remains Top Enterprise Risk for Company Leaders
-79% of Ransomware Attacks Start with Compromised Identities
-Ransomware Attacks Hit SMBs Harder than Ever as Cybercrime Gang Rivalry Heats Up
-A New Ransomware Threat Actor Emerges Every Week, Warns Report
-Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Lets Attackers Steal WhatsApp Chats from 329 Million Users
-Watch Out – That Microsoft Calendar Invite Dated 2050 Could Be Hiding Stolen Files and Worse
-Device Code Phishing: Turning a Convenience Feature into an MFA Bypass
-1 in 4 Businesses Hit by Cyber Attacks through Their Supply Chain in the Last Year
-The Executive Profile Your Security Team Isn’t Defending

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intel Briefing 24 July 2026: OpenAI’s New Model Went Rogue and Hacked Another Company. Why It Matters; The Script, Not the Voice, Is What Makes AI Voice Phishing Work; A New Ransomware Threat Actor Emerges Every Week; Adobe Acrobat Extension Lets Attackers Steal WhatsApp C...

19/07/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 17 July 2026:
-UK Households Told to Stockpile Food, Water and Medicines as Russia Cyber Attack Threat Grows
-75% CISOs Fear Executives Don’t Understand Cyber Security Risks Employees Face
-Finance Phishing Works Because It Sounds Boringly Normal
-Microsoft Warns of Increase in Number of Security Updates
-Destructive Windows Backdoor Stuffs Multiple Wipers and Ransomware Code into a Single Package
-Identity Attacks Overtake Exploits as Top Ransomware Cause
-Companies Keep Getting Breached by Vulnerabilities They Already Knew About
-ClickFix Is Changing the Economics of Social Engineering
-AI, Once Relegated to Helping Hackers with Certain Tasks, Can Now Power Every Stage of a Cyber Attack
-Ransomware Victims Rise 43% as AI Becomes a Productivity Tool for Threat Actors, GuidePoint Security Finds
-Russian Hackers Exploit Weak Router Security to Breach Critical Infrastructure, Western Allies Warn
-UK Firms Make Cyber Resilience Measurable

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intel Briefing 17 July 2026: UK Households Told to Stockpile Food, Water and Medicines as Russia Cyber Attack Threat Grows; 75% CISOs Fear Executives Don’t Understand Cyber Security Risks Employees Face; Finance Phishing Works Because It Sounds Boringly Normal; Companies K...

12/07/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 10 July 2026:
-ConsentFix and ClickFix: How Microsoft 365 Accounts Are Hijacked in 3 Seconds
-New Ghost Phishing Wave Is Breaking Traditional Email Security
-Hackers Are Posing as Interpol to Target Small Businesses – Here’s What You Need to Know
-Cyber Experts Issue Alert After Two Ransomware Groups Team Up on ‘Unprecedented’ Threat Campaign
-First Fully Agentic Ransomware Attack Sparks Readiness Concerns
-The AI Vulnerability Storm Is Here: Is Your Security Program Ready?
-Enterprise AI Still Smarting from Leaping Before Looking
-European Central Bank Demands AI Security ‘Action Plan’
-SonicWall Research Finds Financial Services Running Overdrawn on Cyber Defences as Attack Intensity Outpaces Every Other Tracked Industry
-Organisations Struggle to Prioritise Known Cyber Risks
-How Faster Cyber Attacks Are Reshaping Enterprise Cyber Security Strategies
-The Shift Toward Business-Aligned Risk Management

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intel 10 July 2026: ConsentFix and ClickFix: How Microsoft 365 Accounts Are Hijacked in Seconds; New Ghost Phishing Wave Breaking Traditional Email Security; Hackers Posing as Interpol to Target Small Businesses; Cyber Experts Issue Alert After Two Ransomware Groups Team Up

05/07/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing 03 July 2026:
-Inside the Inbox: Why Cybercriminals Want to Break into Your Email Account
-Crafty Phishing Campaigns Auto-Adapt to Victim's Device, OS
-ClickFix Now Cybercriminals' Favourite Malware Delivery Technique
-The Agentic AI ‘Lethal Trifecta’: What CISOs Should Know
-Ransomware Gangs Find Europe’s Weakest Link in Third-Party Suppliers
-Almost Half of Ransomware Victims Have Data Stolen Before They Can Even Detect an Intrusion
-UK Businesses Fear Stigma of Ransomware
-How Ransomware Syndicates Weaponize Corporate-Style Organisation
-Beyond the Perimeter: The Shift to Data-Centric Protection
-Cyber Risk Is Having a Greater Financial and Operational Impact on Businesses: Aon
-2026 Cyber Security Assessment: The Gap Between Awareness and Resilience
-Cyber Risk Falls Flat Without Business Translation

30/06/2026

Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 30 June 2026: Attackers Abuse Trusted Platform Invitations to Impersonate Organisations

Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 30 June 2026: Attackers Abuse Trusted Platform Invitations to Impersonate Organisations