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2024 was worst year on record for commercial cyberattacks
UK businesses encountered more than 753,341 malicious attempts each to breach their online and IT systems , on average , in 2024 , according to an analysis by Beaming , a specialist business ISP . This attack level was 4 % higher than in 2023 , making last year the worst ever for attempted cyberattacks , with businesses encountering a new online threat every 42 seconds .
For the first time since 2021 , the final quarter of 2024 was not the most prolific period of the year for cyberattacks . The attack rate peaked at 2,192 per day in the third quarter of 2024 before declining to 2,063 per day in Q4 . Despite this reduction , the final three months of 2024 were only the third quarter on record when the average number of cyberattacks encountered by UK businesses exceeded 2,000 a day . encountered more than 161 daily attacks targeting applications such as building control systems , security cameras , networked printers , remote monitoring and industrial automation systems . Web applications , remote desktop software and company databases were also frequently targeted , with businesses typically attracting more than 20 individual attacks daily for each of these systems in 2024 .
Previously , 2023 was the worst year on record for cyberattacks on UK businesses , when companies encountered an average of 720,252 malicious attempts to breach their systems each . Before 2024 , the average number of attacks in a single quarter had only exceeded 2,000 in Q4 2023 .
Hackers attacked remotely controlled devices connected to the Internet of Things most frequently in 2024 . Business firewalls
World ’ s happiest workplaces announced
Bank – South Africa ; KFC – Hospitality – UAE ; Samsung – Technology – South Korea ; Queensland Government – Public Sector and Government – Australia ; Capitec Bank – Financial Services – South Africa ; ServiceNow – Technology – UK ; Emirates Airline – Travel and Leisure – UAE ; Adidas Germany – Manufacturing of Consumer Goods – Germany ; Lidl Italy – Retail – Italy ; Pinnacle Homes – Construction and Building Materials – Philippines ; and Pingo Doce – Retail – Portugal .
The official World ’ s Happiest Workplaces 2025 List has been published by a leading employee experience platform , WorkL , showcasing the happiest workplaces globally .
The World ’ s Happiest Workplaces include ; Bunnings – Retail – Australia ; Kerry – Manufacturing of Consumer Goods – USA ; TUI UK – Travel and Leisure – UK ; CommBank – Financial Services – Australia ; Department for Higher Education – Education and Research – South Africa ; Walmart – Retail – USA ; First National
The comprehensive list of winners , compiled by WorkL , the employee experience platform that measures , tracks and improves employee engagement and employee happiness at work , saw over 100,000 organisations entered for their 2025 awards . And 52,000 companies globally made the list which can be searched by organisation name or filtered by 25 different industries , countries and 10 categories .
Over a million employees took WorkL ’ s Happy at Work Test to enter their organisation into these awards . The anonymous test , which takes less than 10 minutes for employees to take for free , looks at various areas that impact work life , including WorkL ’ s Six Steps to Workplace Happiness ; Wellbeing , Job Satisfaction , Reward & Recognition , Information Sharing , Empowerment and Instilling Pride . Organisations who scored 70 and over are included in the list .
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