Welcome to your round up of some of the past week’s most interesting surveys, statistics and reports relevant to those involved in the UK tech industry.
It’s bad news for Europe this week – as we look at global rankings of cybercrime – but good news for IoT startups, as we examine consumer attitudes toward online advertising within their own homes.
Europe overtakes US as global cybercrime capital
Data from US-based security technology company ThreatMetrix showed that 50% more cyberattacks originated from Europe than any other global region over the previous 90 days.
The figures pointed to the UK and Netherlands in particular as cybercrime hubs, with a huge growth in online fraud rings.
ThreatMatrix, which has offices in London, identified 17 million cyberattacks across the UK in 90 days between January and March in 2017, a 30% increase on the same period in 2017. The Netherlands had the highest growth in attacks from 2016, at 50%....