Cybercrime Risks in a University Student Community

Broadhurst, Roderic; Skinner, Katie; Sifniotis, Nicholas; Matamoros-Macias, Bryan; Ipsen, Yuguang

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3176319

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“…Also, other variables have been flagged as potential contributors to scam susceptibility (includes but not limited to) gender, age, and status. Broadhurst et al [45] agree with these and state that besides these, other variables including the level of cybercrime awareness, IT competence, and gender are also flagged as potential contributors therein.…”

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confidence: 83%

Empirical evidence of phishing menace among undergraduate smartphone users in selected universities in Nigeria

Maureen

Ojugo

Yoro³

et al. 2022

IJEECS

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In our exploratory quasi-experimental study, 480-student were recruited and exposed to social engineering directives during a university orientation week. The directives phishing attacks were performed for 10 months in 2021. The contents attempted to elicit personal user-data from participants, enticing them to click compromised links. The study aimed to determine cybercrime risks among undergraduates in selected universities in Nigeria, observe responses to socially-engineered attacks, and explore their attitudes to cybercrime risks before/after such attacks. The study generalized that all participants have great deal awareness of cybercrime, and also primed all throughout study to remain vigilant to scams. The study explores various types of scam and its influence on students’ gender and age on perceived safety on susceptibility to phishing scams. Results show that contrary to public beliefs, none of these factors were associated with scam susceptibility and vulnerability rates of the participants.

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Empirical evidence of phishing menace among undergraduate smartphone users in selected universities in Nigeria

Maureen

Ojugo

Yoro³

et al. 2022

IJEECS

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“…People with dissociative disorders often imagine someone's life brighter and better than it actually is [7,46]. Social networks are increasingly becoming a source of psychological addiction and a tool used to promote criminal activities [23,32,44].…”

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“…Another important aspect in assessing the risks of virtual reality and social media is cybercrime. Researchers point out that it is social media that often serves as a means of involving college and university students in illegal activities, as well as a method of psychological exposure to them, for example, with the aim of intimidation [32,33].…”

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Students and the Risk of Virtual Relationships in Social Media: Improving Learning Environments

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2020

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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This study aimed to analyze the risks of social virtual relationships in social media on students. The study's sample consisted of 200 students from the Ajman University (UAE). The study used a questionnaire survey to identify the risks of virtual relationships. The finding was a moderate risk of virtual communication in social media affecting youth. The study offered recommendations to reduce the virtual communication risk through the cumulative effort of family and university, leisure-time activities, and awareness-rising classes.

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“…For scam susceptibility, we adapt Broadhurst et al [40] grouping participants into three (3) namely: a. Generic…”

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Evidence of personality traits on phishing attack menace among selected university undergraduates in Nigerian

Yoro¹,

Malasowe

Maureen

et al. 2023

IJECE

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Access ease, mobility, portability, and improved speed have continued to ease the adoption of computing devices; while, consequently proliferating phishing attacks. These, in turn, have created mixed feelings in increased adoption and nosedived users’ trust level of devices. The study recruited 480-students, who were exposed to socially-engineered attack directives. Attacks were designed to retrieve personal data and entice participants to access compromised links. We sought to determine the risks of cybercrimes among the undergraduates in selected Nigerian universities, observe students’ responses and explore their attitudes before/after each attack. Participants were primed to remain vigilant to all forms of scams as we sought to investigate attacks’ influence on gender, students’ status, and age to perceived safety on susceptibility to phishing. Results show that contrary to public beliefs, age, status, and gender were not among the factors associated with scam susceptibility and vulnerability rates of the participants. However, the study reports decreased user trust levels in the adoption of these new, mobile computing devices.

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Cybercrime Risks in a University Student Community

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

Empirical evidence of phishing menace among undergraduate smartphone users in selected universities in Nigeria

Empirical evidence of phishing menace among undergraduate smartphone users in selected universities in Nigeria

Students and the Risk of Virtual Relationships in Social Media: Improving Learning Environments

Evidence of personality traits on phishing attack menace among selected university undergraduates in Nigerian

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