Volume 12 - Issue 2
Emerging Cyber Security Challenges after COVID Pandemic: A Survey
- Arjun Choudhary
Department of Cyber Security, Sardar Patel University of Police, Security & Criminal Justice Jodhpur, India
a.choudhary@policeuniversity.ac.in
- Gaurav Choudhary
DTU Compute, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
gauch@dtu.dk
- Kapil Pareek
Department of Cyber Security, Sardar Patel University of Police, Security & Criminal Justice Jodhpur, India
spu19cskp@policeuniversity.ac.in
- Chetanya Kunndra
Department of Cyber Security, Sardar Patel University of Police, Security & Criminal Justice Jodhpur, India
mtcs20ck@policeuniversity.ac.in
- Jatin Luthra
Department of Computer and Communication Engineering The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, India
jatinluthra14@gmail.com
- Nicola Dragoni
DTU Compute, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
ndra@dtu.dk
Keywords: Cyber Security, Threats, Attacks, COVID-19 Pandemic, Cyber Future Generation Solutions
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.