Cybercrime and cybercriminals: A comprehensive study

The increasing expansion and diversification in the strategies and practices of cybercrime has become a difficult obstacle in order both to understand the extent of embedded risks and to define efficient policies of prevention for corporations, institutions and agencies. The present study represents...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Sabillon, Regner, Cano M., Jeimy J., cavaller, victor, Serra-Ruiz, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/78507
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/78507
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:cybercrime
cybercrime taxonomy
network-level security and protection
security and privacy protection
abuse and crime involving computers
delito informático
taxonomía del delito informático
seguridad y protección a nivel de red
seguridad y protección de la privacidad
abuso y crimen con ordenadores
delicte informàtic
taxonomia del delicte informàtic
seguretat i protecció a nivell de xarxa
seguretat i protecció de la privacitat
abús i delicte amb ordinadors
Computer crimes
Delictes informàtics
Delitos informáticos
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Sumario:The increasing expansion and diversification in the strategies and practices of cybercrime has become a difficult obstacle in order both to understand the extent of embedded risks and to define efficient policies of prevention for corporations, institutions and agencies. The present study represents the most comprehensive review of the origin, typologies and developments of Cybercrime phenomenon over the past decade so far. By means of this detailed study, this paper tackles the issue first describing and discussing former different criteria of classification in the field and secondly, providing a broad list of definitions and an analysis of the cybercrime practices. A conceptual taxonomy of cybercrime is introduced and described. The proposal of a classification criterion is used in conjunction with a cybercrime hierarchy derived from the degrees and scale of vulnerability and targets.