"UK Firms Suffer Record Number of Cyber-Attacks in Q1"

Researchers at Beaming discovered that there was no let up for UK businesses in the first three months of 2021, with commercial organizations suffering an 11% year-on-year increase in cyber-attacks during the period.  The researchers found that UK firms were hit by over 172,000 attacks each on average during the first quarter, the equivalent of 1912 per day and one intrusion attempt every 45 seconds. This compares to 1725 attacks per day in the first quarter of 2020.  Beaming claimed that Q1 2021 saw the highest level of malicious online activity seen at the start of a year since it began recording such data in 2016.  Remotely controlled IoT applications and file-sharing services were the top targets for attackers attracting 175 and 100 attacks per day, respectively, between January and March.  The most popular countries of origin for IP addresses used in attacks were China (14%), the US (11%), and India (6%).

Infosecurity reports: "UK Firms Suffer Record Number of Cyber-Attacks in Q1"