Analysis of Attack Patterns and Cyber Threats in Healthcare Sector

Information Technology (IT) has become the integral part of majority of businesses. Healthcare sector is also one such sector where IT adoption is increased in recent times. This adoption of IT has increased the internet exposure and hence increased the attack surface of the organisations working in healthcare sector. During covid outbreak, we have observed various cyber-attack and threats on organisations operating in healthcare sector. This paper focuses on cyber threat pattern in healthcare sector during covid-19 outbreak and post-covid-19 period. This research paper also aims to generate basic cyber awareness through generic cyber sanity checks to secure healthcare sector from malicious threat actors. The adaptation of proactive measures required to enhance the cyber hygiene of organisations becomes very essential in this sector. © 2023 IEEE.

Analysis of Cyber Attacks and Cyber Incident Patterns over APCERT Member Countries

Globally, internet usage has grown rapidly over the decades. However, this increase in usage of ICT and internet arouses cyber-security challenges such as Data Privacy, malicious cyber-attacks etc. Cyber defense and threat prevention can be managed gracefully if we have better knowledge about the threat trends, attack patterns and advance preparedness to handle victimized situations. In this paper, we study different elements of cyber security, types of cyber threats and their articulation. We further perform data analysis of attack patterns of cyber threats and malicious activities over APCERT countries (India, Japan, Sri Lank and Singapore). We investigate the most targeted countries, most common malwares and sectoral distribution of cyber threats. We also analyze the effect of COVID-19 outbreak over the attack patterns and global trends. © 2022 IEEE.