A seven percent quarter-over-quarter surge in incidents was noted.
The UK was the third most targeted nation globally with malware attacks over the past three months.
According to research by NordVPN, there was a seven percent quarter-over-quarter surge in incidents, driven by increasingly sophisticated tactics like fake emails and malicious links impersonating major tech firms and government agencies.
"Malware has become the Swiss Army knife of online crime," said NordVPN CTO Marijus Briedis, noting modern variants can hijack webcams, steal login credentials, and encrypt data silently.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
