Enhancing Cybersecurity for Industry 4.0 in Asia and the Pacific
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Enhancing Cybersecurity for Industry 4.0 in Asia and the Pacific Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) Working Paper Series P a g e | 2 The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) serves as the United Nations’ regional hub promoting cooperation among countries to achieve inclusive and sustainable development. The largest regional intergovernmental platform with 53 member States and 9 associate members, ESCAP has emerged as a strong regional think tank offering countries sound analytical products that shed insight into the evolving economic, social and environmental dynamics of the region. The Commission’s strategic focus is to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which it does by reinforcing and deepening regional cooperation and integration to advance connectivity, financial cooperation and market integration. ESCAP’s research and analysis coupled with its policy advisory services, capacity building and technical assistance to governments aim to support countries’ sustainable and inclusive development ambitions. The shaded areas of the map indicate ESCAP members and associate members. Disclaimer : The Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) Working Papers provide policy-relevant analysis on regional trends and challenges in support of the development of the AP-IS and inclusive development. The findings should not be reported as representing the views of the United Nations. The views expressed herein are those of the authors. 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Contact: Information and Communications Technology and Development Section Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific United Nations Building RajadamnernNok Avenue Bangkok 10200, Thailand Email: [email protected] P a g e | 3 Acknowledgements This working paper was prepared by Bhavna Choudhury and Atsuko Okuda of the Information and Communications Technology and Development Section (IDS), under the general guidance of Tiziana Bonapace, Director, Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The working paper benefited from comments and suggestions shared by Dongjung Lee, Siope Vakataki ‘Ofa, Alexey Kravchenko, Min Sun Kim and Su Yeon Lim of ESCAP. The working paper also benefited from peer review by Alexandru Caciuloiu of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Bangkok Office. Special thanks to Tarnkamon Chantarawat and Sakollerd Limkriangkrai of IDS who provided research assistance. October 2018 Cover Photo: Shutterstock P a g e | 4 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................... 3 List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................ 5 List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Abbreviations and Acronyms ........................................................................................................................ 6 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 7 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 9 2. Cyberattack Trends ................................................................................................................................. 12 2.1 Financial Impact of Cyberattacks ...................................................................................................... 18 2.2 Political Impact of Cyberattacks ........................................................................................................ 21 2.3 Related Trends in Cyberattacks ........................................................................................................ 22 2.4 Detailed Analysis by Attack Type ...................................................................................................... 23 3. Artificial Intelligence in Cyberattacks ...................................................................................................... 30 4. Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity .................................................................................................... 33 4.1 Machine Learning Applications in Cybersecurity .............................................................................. 33 4.2 Limitations of Machine Learning ...................................................................................................... 38 5. Internet of Things Security ...................................................................................................................... 39 5.1 Machine Learning in IoT Security ...................................................................................................... 40 6. The Dark Web Marketplace .................................................................................................................... 41 7. The Way Forward .................................................................................................................................... 44 Annex A: Glossary ....................................................................................................................................... 47 Annex B: Broadband Connectivity is a Requirement for Cybersecurity ..................................................... 51 P a g e | 5 List of Figures Figure 1: Relationship between cyberactions ............................................................................................. 13 Figure 2: Sampling of security incidents by attack type, time and impact (2014-2016) ............................ 15 Figure 3: Cyberattacks reported and verified by the media in Asia-Pacific countries (2013-2017) ........... 16 Figure 4: Web-based cyberthreats logged in Asia-Pacific countries (third quarter of 2017) ..................... 17 Figure 5: Average financial impact of a data breach .................................................................................. 19 Figure 6: Financial impact by type of attack ............................................................................................... 19 Figure 7: Number of records reported and verified as lost in Asia-Pacific countries (2013-2017) ............ 20 Figure 8: Identified IP addresses for ransomware distribution on the Internet (2015-2017) .................... 24 Figure 9: Phishing attacks reported and verified by the online community (2013-2017) .......................... 27 Figure 10: Hack modes for website defacement (2014-2015) ................................................................... 28 Figure 11: Website defacement attacks in Asia-Pacific countries (2014-2015) ......................................... 29 Figure 12: Number of instances by category in the dark web marketplace ............................................... 42 Figure 13: Average cost requested for cyberattack services on the dark web marketplace ..................... 43 Figure 14: Number of vendors offering cyberattack services in the dark web marketplace ..................... 43 List of Tables Table 1: Examples of cyberattack motivation categorization ..................................................................... 15 Table 2: Top five IP addresses with Mirai Botnet collected by honeypots ................................................. 38 Table 3: Price range of hacked accounts on the dark web ......................................................................... 41 P a g e | 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms AI Artificial Intelligence AP-IS Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway APT Advanced Persistent Threat BYOD Bring Your Own Device CIGI Centre for International Governance Innovation DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DDoS Distributed Denial-of-Service ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ICT Information and Communications Technology IDS Information and Communications Technology and Development Section (ESCAP) IoT Internet of Things IP Internet Protocol ITU International Telecommunication Union SSL Secure Sockets Layer TLS Transport Layer Security VPN Virtual Private Network Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity P a g e | 7 Executive Summary As of September 2017, there were 1.25 billion websites in cyberspace. Thanks to the concerted efforts by governments and other stakeholders in extending broadband connectivity, an increasing number of people across Asia and the Pacific have joined cyberspace. Although broadband expansion remains uneven, there is evidence that digital dividends brought by broadband connectivity, such as e- government, e-learning, e-health and e-agriculture, have