Royal Marines parachuted onto a frozen lake alongside Dutch counterparts as part of large-scale exercises alongside NATO allies in the Arctic Circle.
The elite Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) of 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group have been honing their specialist commando skills during intensive allied training involving 20,000 troops in Northern Norway.
The SRS commandos – known as the eyes and ears of the UK’s Commando Force – jumped from a Dutch C-130 Hercules alongside Dutch Marines to mark the 50th anniversary year of the UK and Netherlands Amphibious Force.
The elite force were tasked with ‘attacking positions behind enemy lines’, providing a foothold for NATO troops involved in Exercise Joint Viking.
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The UK was targeted 605 times since 2014, which equates to 6.09% of all attacks.
The UK was also a hub for threat actors to operate from - 51 threat actors operated from the country since 2014. This equates to 2.7% of all attacks.
The countries targeted the most by cyber attacks over the past eight year
Rank
Target Countries
Number of Attacks
Percentage of Overall Attacks
YoY Increase/ Decrease in # of Cyber Attacks - 2021 to 2022 (%)
1
United States of America
4,870
49.01%
-11%
2
United Kingdom
605
6.09%
-32%
3
Canada
273
2.75%
0%
4
India
266
2.68%
-49%
5
Italy
212
2.13%
122%
6
Russian Federation
209
2.10%
950%
7
France
200
2.01%
-71%
8
Australia
190
1.91%
-57%
9
Germany
181
1.82%
86%
10
Ukraine
153
1.54%
400%
Green = highest increase YOY
Red = biggest decrease YOY
François Amigorena, CEO at IS Decisions comments on the research: “Our research has shown that the prevalence of specific motives and the type of attack methods can change year on year. Most notably over the past year, we can see the largest increases in the number of attacks on Russia and Ukraine, which are up by 950% and 400% respectively. The analysis also highlights spikes in attacks with a financial motive during years of economic uncertainty, such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Financial gain is a major motive for criminals and data breaches can be devastating for organizations, especially for SMBs who may have smaller financial safety nets. Another consideration is that for many organizations cyber attacks can create a loss of trust in their customer or client base which can lead to further financial losses.
“There are a number of factors that come into play behind the attacks in this report, but awareness of the trends, methods and targets, should help to inform decisions on which preventative measures can be implemented to reduce risk.
“IT leaders can protect their organizations by protecting the logon. Implementing access management and two-factor authentication solutions, such as UserLock, require users to enter two factors of identification to verify they are who they say they are before they can access valuable data.”
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