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Emerging Cyber Security Challenges after COVID Pandemic: Arjun Choudhary1, Gaurav Choudhary2+, Kapil Pareek1, Chetanya
Kunndra1, Jatin Luthra3, and Nicola Dragoni2
1Department of Cyber Security, Sardar Patel University of Police, Security & Criminal
Justice 2DTU Compute, Department of Applied
Mathematics and Computer Science 3Department of Computer and Communication Engineering,
The LNM Institute of Information Technology Jaipur, India Abstract In 2019, a virus infection, COVID-19,
traveled across the oceans, gained foothold in many countries, and started infecting
the citizens of those countries. Soon, this virus was labeled a “pandemic” by
the World Health Organization and was subsequently dubbed the COVID-19 virus.
With the virus spreading across the globe, countries started going into
lockdowns to curb the spread of the infection. The world came to a halt as
people were asked not to leave their homes, offices, and institutions were
forcefully closed. This scenario was entirely unexpected for most countries,
institutions, and individuals. Amid these lockdowns, people started flocking
towards the virtual world. This pandemic showed us that things that were
supposed to be conducted physically were now being conducted online.
Work-from-home (WFH) and study-from-home (SFH) terms and culture came into
existence to ensure continuity of services. While the world was upside down
and was trying to understand these new dynamics, cybercriminals took
advantage of the chaos and carried out the rampant cyber crime on already
suffering people and organizations. Cybercriminals known to monetize any
recent system changes took this as a golden opportunity and were ready with
their new modus operandi during this pandemic. In this survey paper, we have
assessed and classified cyber crimes committed during the pandemic across the
world. During this period, Malware attacks, Data breaches, Banking frauds,
Job frauds, etc., were common. To prevent rampant cyber crimes in such
situations, we have also discussed future generation solutions to tackle such
issues so that critical systems and procedural checks must be in place. Keywords: Cyber Security, Threats,
Attacks, COVID-19 Pandemic, Cyber Future Generation Solutions +: Corresponding author: Gaurav Choudhary Journal of Internet Services and
Information Security (JISIS), 12(2): 21-50, May 2022 |