UK cyber chief warns country is ‘widely underestimating’ risks from cyberattacks

Category	Details
Threat Actors	Russian and Chinese cyber groups targeting the UK; state and non-state actors involved.
Campaign Overview	430 incidents handled in the last year; 89 nationally significant, including ransomware attacks.
Target Regions (Victims)	UK, particularly critical national infrastructure (CNI) and democratic institutions.
Methodology	Exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities (e.g., Cisco IOS XE, Palo Alto PAN OS); ransomware.
Product Targeted	Industrial control systems, critical national infrastructure, and democracy-related institutions.
Malware Reference	Ransomware and exploitation of zero-days like CVE-2023-20198 and CVE-2024-3400.
Tools Used	Zero-day vulnerabilities; unspecified sophisticated malware tools.
Vulnerabilities Exploited	CVE-2023-20198, CVE-2024-3400; gaps in critical infrastructure defenses.
TTPs	Increasing sophistication, obfuscated state and non-state relationships, zero-day exploitation.
Attribution	Hostile activity attributed to Russia, China, and Iran; no specific actors named for ransomware.
Recommendations	Urgent need to increase cyber resilience, implement NCSC guidelines, and adopt Cyber Essentials.
Source	The Record

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