Название: Cyberpsychology Can Help Us Understand Cybercrime
Автор: Bradley Fowler, Bruce G. Chaundy
Издательство: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Год: 2024
Страниц: 162
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 14.2 MB

Cyberpsychology is a growing central phenomenon that helps us understand human behavior as it correlates with technology. This book provides knowledge about cyberpsychology and its ability to help us understand the mental and emotional motivation behind cybercriminals deployment of cybercrime and cyber-attacks, domestically and internationally. Research in this book examines forty-two countries’ experiences with cyberattacks and explores how cyberpsychology can help us deter cybercriminals from engaging in cybercrime activities.

However, to effectively implement methods of deterrence requires understanding the psychology behind those who engage in cyberattack, cyberespionage, cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism, and cybercrime. The introduction of cyberpsychology has created a clear path to understanding the motivation behind many cybercriminals' malicious acts of terror and attack. Although still in its infancy of development, cyberpsychology can enable governments, psychologists, forensic psychologists, and leaders of academia to begin assessing acts of cyberattack through a lens of mental and emotional human behavior to discover the hidden motivation behind cybercriminals malicious cyber incidents. This book provides some insight into the knowledge of cyberpsychology, helping readers comprehend the role cyberpsychology plays in helping thwart and deter successful cyberattacks, cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism, cybercrime, and cyberespionage.

Cyberpsychology continues to be a driving force behind criminology and psychology as these two industries seek to understand social engineering, cybercrime, cyberwarfare, cyberespionage, cyberattacks, cyberbullying, and cyberterrorism. Worldwide research scholars, industry practitioners, and leaders continue joining to enhance knowledge sharing of information enveloping cyberpsychology and its role in helping understand human behavior as it relates to technology usage and individual engagement.

Cyberpsychology can be instrumental in educating you about the type of cybercrimes and cyberattack methods being deployed, including brute force, communication interception, denial of service, man-in-the-middle, and complexity attacks. Having clarity on these methods and types of attacks will enable you to improve how you view cybercrime and how you improve your knowledge of cyberpsychology in helping you better protect yourself and your technology from being targeted. After all, many social engineers prey on the vulnerabilities woven in the applications commonly utilized in social media platforms, workplace networks, and software applications. Knowing what is expected of you to safeguard your systems and personal data and information, can reduce the success rate of cyberattacks deployed against you and your workplace. This book delivers clarity regarding this subject. This book helps you protect your personal search inquiries from being tools that enable cybercriminals to target you and succeed.

One key focus of cybercrime and cyberattacks includes cyberespionage. Unlike cyberwarfare, cyberespionage engulfs spies, rouge agents, and encryption using private keys and public key messaging. This book will educate you about cyberespionage. You will gain knowledge regarding cyberespionage events, tactics, and learn some history about this innovative approach to retrieving private and secure information assets and data cybercriminals are implementing to achieve their goals.