Cyber Crime

Overview

Cyber crime refers to criminal activity that is carried out using computers, networks, or the internet, either as the tool or the target of the offense. It encompasses a broad range of activities, including hacking and unauthorized access to systems, identity theft, online fraud and financial scams, distribution of malware, phishing, intellectual property theft, and online harassment. As society becomes more dependent on digital technology, the scale and sophistication of cyber crime have grown, prompting the development of cybersecurity defenses, legal frameworks, and digital forensic methods to detect, investigate, and prosecute such offenses. Within forensic science, the study of cyber crime is closely tied to digital forensics, which recovers and analyzes electronic evidence to reconstruct events and identify perpetrators. Research relevant to this topic in the Journal of Advanced Forensic Sciences includes a criminological review of the nature of cyber crime and cyber threats, and a case study examining the computer crimes of Vasiliy Gorshkov and Alexey Ivanov. These contributions illustrate both the conceptual analysis of cyber offending and the investigation of real cases. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to the topic for researchers, practitioners, and readers seeking an authoritative overview.

Research published in this journal

2 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.

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