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Overview of Cyberattack on Saudi Organizations
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The beginning of Twenty first century saw a new dimension of security, the cybersecurity. Developed countries have started exploiting the vulnerabilities of cybersecurity to gain supremacy and influence over the rival countries. Hence, over the past decade, malware, i.e., malicious software, has become a major security threat in regards to the cybersecurity. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has become a major target of cyber conflicts due to increased economic activity, digital transformation, high rate of technology adoption between citizen and organizations and rise of the oil and gas industry. However, unfortunately, there is a lack of research or scientific investigation of cyberattacks on KSA. This fact motivated us in conducting this work. This paper presents, a case study of attacks on Saudi Organization by malwares. We concentrate on two particular malwares: Shamoon and Ransomware. The timeline of attacks by these malware, also presented, along with their structures and methodologies in order to shield ourselves against similar attacks in the future.
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“The number of reported incidents began to increase dramatically after the year 2000, i.e. when SCADA systems able to communicate via TCP/IP protocol were introduced [169].”
From SCADA Systems With Focus on Continuous Manufacturing and Steel Industry: A Survey on Architectures, Standards, Challenges and Industry 5.0 (2022) · cites this paper as [169]
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“As a result, multiple surveys, reviews and systematic literature overviews have been published covering the domain of security within I4.0, CPS, ICS, SCADA systems and the manufacturing industry in general, providing insight into the security risks and implementation of digital security measures in these environments [169], taxonomy of attacks [173], [174] and security standards developed for SCAD”
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“…of ICS and SCADA systems was not considered a global issue until the discovery of the Stuxnet worm, developed in 2010 with the specific purpose of targeting ICS [168], and two years later, the Shamoon virus responsible for the attack on Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company [169], [170].”
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- Authors
- Alelyani, S., & Kumar G R, H.
- Affiliations
- King Khalid University (SA)
- ORCID
- Alelyani, Salem
- Venue
- Journal of Information Security and Cybercrimes Research
- Published
- 2018
- ISSN
- 1658-7782 (ISSN-L)
- 1658-7790
- OpenAlex
- W2802525389
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Journal of Information Security and Cybercrimes Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Software › Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information and Cyber Security
- Keywords
- cyberattacks, malware, ransomware, Saudi Arabia, oil and gas industry, cyber conflict, cyber threats
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