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.