Cybercrimeology

Notes : Joakim Kävrestad is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Jönköping University, with a background in networking and cybersecurity. He shifted his focus to the societal and psychological aspects of cybersecurity, emphasizing human behavior. Joakim developed Context-Based Micro-Training (CBMT) to provide cybersecurity training at relevant moments, improving user engagement and retent...

 Notes: Introduction to Cybercrime Research : Dr. Hutchings and Ahn Vu introduce their work at the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre. Global Conflicts and Cyber Activities : Discussion on how global conflicts, such as those in Ukraine and Israel-Gaza, spur cybercrime activities like website defacements and DDoS attacks. Cyber Tactics During Warfare : Insights into how cyber tactics are employed quickly...

Episode Notes: Dr. Tom Holt discussed the nascent stages of cybercrime research during his doctoral studies, highlighting its evolution into a more recognized and competitive field. He emphasized the growth of cybercrime studies and the challenges of carving a niche within an expanding academic and professional landscape. Dr. Holt pointed out the potential of interdisciplinary collaboration betwee...

Notes: Dr Chang's background in law and sociology led him to specialize in criminology, particularly cybercrime, after observing its emerging relevance. He chose to pursue his PhD in Australia due to scholarship opportunities and the chance to work with a leading cybercrime researcher. Dr Chang discusses virtual kidnapping, a scam where victims are manipulated into isolating themselves, enabling s...

Notes: The software developed by Bryce Westlake, Russell Brewer and colleagues aims to assist law enforcement agencies in identifying perpetrators of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offences by using multiple biometric markers. The unique function of the software is its capability to synthesize, triage, and systematically review all evidence holdings that law enforcement might seize, thereby au...

About our guests: Russell Brewer https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/russell.brewer Lennon Chang https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/lennon-chang Benoit Dupont https://www.benoitdupont.net/en/ Steven Kemp https://www.udg.edu/ca/directori/pagina-personal? ID=2003705 Rutger Leukfedt https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/rutger-leukfeldt#tab-1 Katalin Parti, https://libe...

Summary: The main points of this episode are: Celebrating the 100th episode of cybercrimeology and reflecting on the podcast's journey over the past three years. Discussing the use of new technologies, such as AI, for analyzing and understanding the podcast's content. Analyzing the podcast's content using natural language processing and summarization techniques to identify recurring themes and res...

Notes: - Rutger Leukfeldt discusses his background and how he became involved in cybersecurity research. - The importance of cybersecurity education and the new cybersecurity bachelor program at Leiden University.  - The need for a multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity, which includes not only technical skills but also social and legal aspects.  - Hack_Right is a program designed for juvenil...

Notes: - Dr. Benoît Dupont has written a book on the ecology of cybercrime, which was born from his frustration with the segmentation of research on cybercrime within criminology and between disciplines.  - The book argues that all research on cybercrime should be connected because we all live in the same digital ecosystem. - There are many hurdles and obstacles in the way of making positive chang...

Notes: Dr. Kemp initially moved to Spain and worked as an English teacher before deciding to go back to university to study a social science. He ended up choosing criminology due to the available classes in the morning. While in university, Dr. Kemp became interested in corporate crime and white-collar crime, but later specialized in cybercrime due to its potential for funding and career opportuni...

About our guests: Dr. Katalin Parti https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-sociology/faculty/katalin-parti.html https://www.linkedin.com/in/partikat   Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: PROS: Performances to Reduce Online Scams https://liberalarts.vt.edu/research-centers/center-for-gerontology/pros--performances-to-reduce-online-scams.html Parti, Katalin, and...

About our guests: Kenrick Bagnall https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenrickbagnall/ Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: KonCyber the Podcast https://koncyberthepodcast.podbean.com Other: If I took anything from Kenrick's story, besides of course all of the policing and technical stuff,  it was that you are not too old to seek or take advice nor are you too old to start again. 

About our Guest: Dr Teresa Scassa https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/people/scassa-teresa https://www.teresascassa.ca   Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Robinson, P., & Scassa, T. (2022).  The Future of Open Data . https://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/43648/1/9780776629759_WEB.pdf Scassa, T. (2020). Designing data governance for data sharing: lessons from sidewalk Toronto. Scassa, T., Rob...

About our guests: Dr. Richard Frank https://www.sfu.ca/criminology/about/faculty/criminology-faculty/richard-frank.html Noelle Warkentin https://www.sfu.ca/iccrc/members/memberprofiles/Noelle-Warkentin.html Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Noelle Warkentin, Richard Frank, Yuxuan (Cicilia) Zhang & Naomi Zakimi (2022) Potential cyber-threats against Canada’s critical infrastructure: an...

About our guests: Allysa Czerwinsky https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/criminology/research/postgraduate-research/phd-students/ Diana Benitez Kwasi Boakye-Boateng https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwasi-boakye-boateng-63493412/ https://www.unb.ca/cic/membership/researchers.html Rachel Bleiman https://liberalarts.temple.edu/content/rachel-bleiman Shabnam Saderi https://scholar.google.com/citatio...

About our guests: Allysa Czerwinsky https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/criminology/research/postgraduate-research/phd-students/ Diana Benitez Kwasi Boakye-Boateng https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwasi-boakye-boateng-63493412/ https://www.unb.ca/cic/membership/researchers.html Rachel Bleiman https://liberalarts.temple.edu/content/rachel-bleiman Shabnam Saderi https://scholar.google.com/citatio...

Episode Notes About our guests: Allysa Czerwinsky https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/criminology/research/postgraduate-research/phd-students/ Diana Benitez Kwasi Boakye-Boateng https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwasi-boakye-boateng-63493412/ https://www.unb.ca/cic/membership/researchers.html Rachel Bleiman https://liberalarts.temple.edu/content/rachel-bleiman Shabnam Saderi https://scholar.goog...

About our guests: Rachel Bleiman https://liberalarts.temple.edu/content/rachel-bleiman Prof Nicolas Vermeys https://www.vermeys.com Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Rege, A., & Bleiman, R. (2021, December). Collegiate Social Engineering Capture the Flag Competition. In  2021 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)  (pp. 1-11). IEEE. Rege, A., Nguyen, T., & Bleiman, R. (2...

About our guests: Allysa Czerwinsky https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/criminology/research/postgraduate-research/phd-students/ Prof Nicolas Vermeys https://www.vermeys.com Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Julia R. DeCook & Megan Kelly (2022) Interrogating the “incel menace”: assessing the threat of male supremacy in terrorism studies, Critical Studies on Terrorism, 15:3, 70...

About our guests: Dr Kevin Steinmetz https://www.k-state.edu/sasw/faculty/steinmetz.html https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mEgRonIAAAAJ&hl=en Prof Nicolas Vermeys https://www.vermeys.com Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Steinmetz, K. F., & Henderson, H. (2012). Hip-Hop and Procedural Justice: Hip-Hop Artists’ Perceptions of Criminal Justice.  Race and Justice ,  2 (3), 155–17...

About our guests: Dr Jennifer L. Schally https://cjrc.la.psu.edu/people/jennifer-l-schally/ Prof Nicolas Vermeys https://www.vermeys.com Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Derrickson, K. (2023). Advance-Fee Pet Scams Through the Lens of Narrative Victimology. https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/25084ksd5317 Whittaker, J. M., & Button, M. (2020). Understanding pet scams: A case study...

About our guests: Jordan Howell https://cina.gmu.edu/people/c-jordan-howell/ Prof Nicolas Vermeys https://www.vermeys.com Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Marie Ouellet, David Maimon, Jordan C Howell, Yubao Wu, The Network of Online Stolen Data Markets: How Vendor Flows Connect Digital Marketplaces,  The British Journal of Criminology , Volume 62, Issue 6, November 2022, Pages 1518–1...

About our guests: Dr Kyung-shick Choi https://www.bu.edu/met/profile/kyung-shick-choi/ https://centercicboston.org Prof Nicolas Vermeys https://www.vermeys.com Other: Regarding the Canadian cybercrime laws mentioned: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/cybercrime-defined

About our Guest: Dr Eden Kamar https://www.linkedin.com/in/eden-kamar/ Prof Nicolas Vermeys https://www.vermeys.com   Mentioned in this Episode: Kamar, E., Maimon, D., Weisburd, D., & Shabat, D. (2022). Parental guardianship and online sexual grooming of teenagers: A honeypot experiment. Computers in Human Behavior , 137 , 107386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107386   Other : Thanks to Dr Da...

About our Guest: Thomas Dearden https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-sociology/faculty/thomas-dearden.html Scott Wright https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottwright/ https://clickarmor.ca Mentioned in this Episode: France moving away from deterrence. “using a deterrent approach in cyberspace that would force any attacker to exercise restraint against France is fanciful, but...