Criminal gangs with the blessing of Vladimir Putin, as well as operatives backed by Iran and North Korea, could attack the UK’s critical national infrastructure, as per security consultant Martin Riley. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden recently warned of these threats posed by sophisticated cyber criminals. In addition, research from Bridewell shows the average number of attacks on the country’s infrastructure rose by 62% between 2022 and 2023.

Popular NPM Package ‘ctrl/tinycolor’ with 2M Weekly Downloads and 40+ Others Compromised in Supply Chain Attack
The NPM ecosystem is under attack once again, with a sophisticated supply chain compromise targeting the widely-used @ctrl/tinycolor package and over 40 other JavaScript packages.