\(\overrightarrow A \) and \(\overrightarrow B \) are parallel to each other
\(\frac{{{a_1}}}{{{b_1}}} = \frac{{{a_2}}}{{{b_2}}} = \frac{{{a_3}}}{{{b_3}}}\) i.e. \(\frac{2}{{ - 4}} = \frac{3}{{ - 6}} = \frac{{ - 1}}{\lambda }\)\( \Rightarrow \,\,\lambda = 2\).