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Covid-19 Impact on Cyber Security

Covid-19 Has Influenced In Cyber


Security Forever
• The Covid- 19 Pandemic has caused multisector devastation and
transformation including the Cyber security sector.
• It is a unique phenomenon with a global impact which disrupted lifestyles
permanently, forced corporates to shut down and shuttered people
dreams forever.
• The Information Technology sector is the epicenter of these
transformations as organizations are rushing to adopt online technology
and integrate new innovations into their systems to maintain efficiency.
Changing situational factors

• Increased dependency on Virtual technologies with little consideration to


security implications which increase vulnerability. Social engineering
criminals are identifying victims, impersonating trusted information
sources and using advanced social engineering methodologies to make
unauthorized access to individual and organization systems.
• Common crimes include scam documents and texts, photos and images to
make victims fall into their traps. They send images with hidden malwares
used for data mining and obtaining confidential data like passwords and
financial information.
• In response to changing situational factors, cybercriminals are diversifying
their methodologies and they are aggressive to capitalize on the new
opportunities presented by the Pandemic.
The Convergence of digital
technology and computing
• The world is trying to adjust to maintain
constant communication without breaching
travel and social distancing restrictions.
There is a scramble for new innovations to
make organizations operational and improve
efficiency by embracing the “work from
home” concept to decongest offices and
production areas.
• The Virtual ecosystem is providing essential
communication services, like updates, both
local and international, online learning,
social networking services and
entertainment services like gaming.
Telework Software’s

• Many organizations have adopted telework models


for employees to be able to work and communicate
remotely, without security considerations in place.
• Employers are unable to provide recommended
security protections since they are far away and
using insecure IOT devices and untrusted WI-FI
Networks.
• With all that, there is no time to educate
employees on protection measures like how to
avoid possible attacks or detect them before they
happen.
Cybercrimes as the new threat

• Even before the Covid- 19 Pandemic, Cyber security was a multisector


threat affecting organizations, industries, governments and to larger
extent individuals.
• Corporates want to increase their productivity and efficiency and
therefore they are not hesitant to adopt every new innovation in the
market.
Covid -19 themed Scams

• These kind of crimes are designed to exploit the


growing dependency on online communication
networks and systems.
• Google had earlier reported a rapid increase in Covid
19 related message spams in addition to increased
Phishing and Hacking attacks.
• Malicious websites with names bearing Corona and
Covid 19 in their domains had been registered.
Emotional vulnerabilities

• Cyber criminals are exploiting people’s emotional instability


caused by the disruptions and frustrations of the Pandemic.
• End –users provide the weakest link to cyber-attacks as
they always fall prey to crafty fraudsters with complex social
engineering techniques. Individuals therefore cannot easily
detect possible attacks.
• The Pandemic has provided a context in which Crimes are
effortlessly committed.

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