Threat Actors’ Tenacity to Disrupt: Examination of Major Cybersecurity Incidents

作者：Olufunsho I. Falowo, Saheed Popoola, Josette Riep, Victor Adewopo, Jacob Koch · 发表于：IEEE Access · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1109/access.2022.3231847 · 被引用次数：32 · 研究领域：Information and Cyber Security、Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies、Network Security and Intrusion Detection

The exponential growth in the interconnectedness of people and devices, as well as the upward trend in cyberspace usage will continue to lead to a greater reliance on the internet. Most people’s daily activities are dependent on their ability to navigate the internet to access and manage information. There are usually real risks associated with managing or accessing information, and these risks when exploited by threat actors, often lead to cybersecurity incidents. It is a common knowledge that a major cybersecurity incident is likely to result in significant financial losses, legal liability, privacy violations, reputational damage, sensitive data compromises, as well as national security implications. Threat actors usually employ various attack techniques to cause these incidents. After we identified the major cybersecurity incident report that is consolidated by the Center for Strategic & International Studies from which we derived the data about the 803 major incidents that we analyzed, we then verified its credibility, non-partisan, global outreach and cybersecurity attack coverage by cross-referencing it with Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR). We also through the lens of the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) ensured that this study is conducted within the context of cybersecurity principles. In reference to these attack techniques employed by threat actors, we conducted an exploratory investigation of 803 major cybersecurity incidents that were reported over the la...