Information System Security Report 2022

Running head: REPORT ON INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY
REPORT
ON
INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY
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Information System Security
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Considering the current industrial growth it has been noticed that in the IT enabled
organization there is a huge impact of external threats into the business services of the
organization. Followed by this aspect it has been noticed from the investigation that along
with the other cyber security threats there is a significant risk present on the possibilities of
Advance Persistent Threats (APT) which holds the tendency to steel the users data with the
purpose to destroy or interrupt the services of the targeted organization. Followed by this
aspect a detail investigation has been conducted in the field of cyber systems in order to
determine the threats of APT as well as the impact and the mechanism of those threats (Li et
al., 2016). Considering the above mentioned aspects a list of instances that has happened in
current years are listed below:
APT39:
In the recent years 2018 it has been noticed that one of the most harmful APT attack
titled as the APT39 holds a significant impact of the telecommunication sectors of the Iran.
Followed by this aspect it has been also noticed that along with targeting the
telecommunication sector it has also targeted the travel sectors and the IT firms of Iran.
Followed by this identification it has been also noticed that the nominated APT attack APT39
has intended to analyse, monitor as well as to track the user data of the nominated industries
with the purpose to gather the entire data. This identified attack has been primarily based on
the malware of SEAWEED and the CACHEMONEY which has performed in the nominated
industries infrastructure and injected POWBAT infection. Followed by this operation this has
spread the malicious element through mail attachment (Abomhara 2015).
APT38:
Along with the above mentioned APT threats it has been also noticed that in the year
2018 a suspicious activity has been accounted which has primarily targeted the financial