Cyber-Attacks Pattern, Statistics and Remediation

Cyber-attacks landscape is changing rapidly due to exponentially increasing cybercrime every year. In the last few years we have been seeing the unprecedented increase in internet usage because of economically and easily available smartphones that are almost always connected to internet. and because of advent of IoT (Internet of Things). These smart phones and mobile devises provide an ease of access to social networking sites, online transactions, cloud computing platforms, and automated processes (IoT) with the help of respective applications. But with the ease of access and technological evolution comes the progress of cybercrime, which continually develops new attack types, tools and techniques that allow attackers to penetrate very well engineered infrastructure and cause damage, but still remain untraceable. Information security has always been a zero-sum game i.e.., the easier it is to use, the harder it is to defend it against the attacks, the harder it is to use the easier it is to defend it from the attacks. This article aims to give an overview of the cyber- crime, its' patterns, statistics and remediation techniques based on patterns and trends in cyber-attacks in last few years. Based on the extensive study, this article presents remediation techniques that companies may undertake to ensure improved security, thereby defending their business from attacks (from information security viewpoint).