Emerging trends in cybercrime awareness in Nigeria
OF Nzeakor, BN Nwokeoma, I Hassan… - International Journal …, 2022 - vc.bridgew.edu
International Journal of Cybersecurity Intelligence & Cybercrime, 2022•vc.bridgew.edu
The study examined the current trend in cybercrime awareness and the relationship such
trend has with cybercrime vulnerability or victimization. Selecting a sample of 1104 Internet
users from Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria, We found that: 1) awareness of information
security was high in that about 2 in every 3 (68%) participants demonstrated a favorable
awareness of information security and cybercrime. It was, however, revealed that such a
high level of awareness could be partial and weak. 2) most Internet users demonstrated the …
trend has with cybercrime vulnerability or victimization. Selecting a sample of 1104 Internet
users from Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria, We found that: 1) awareness of information
security was high in that about 2 in every 3 (68%) participants demonstrated a favorable
awareness of information security and cybercrime. It was, however, revealed that such a
high level of awareness could be partial and weak. 2) most Internet users demonstrated the …
Abstract
The study examined the current trend in cybercrime awareness and the relationship such trend has with cybercrime vulnerability or victimization. Selecting a sample of 1104 Internet users from Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria, We found that: 1) awareness of information security was high in that about 2 in every 3 (68%) participants demonstrated a favorable awareness of information security and cybercrime. It was, however, revealed that such a high level of awareness could be partial and weak. 2) most Internet users demonstrated the awareness of fraud-related cybercrime categories (39%), e-theft (15%), hacking (12%), and ATM theft (10%). However, they were rarely aware of sexually related offenses, cyber-terrorism, malware attacks, spam emails, and identity theft as their proportion hovered around 8% and below. 3) Internet users significantly demonstrated more awareness of computer-assisted (M= 2.5; SD= 1.7) than that of computer-focused cybercrime categories (M= 2.2, SD= 1.3), t (1103)= 2.9, p=. 000, r=. 2. 4) Internet users significantly demonstrated more awareness of property cybercrime (M= 2.54; SD= 1.6) than that of violent cybercrime categories (M= 1.82, SD= 1.2), t (1103)= 5.94, p=. 000, r=. 3. 5) cybercrime awareness is positively correlated to cybercrime victimization experiences in that participants who demonstrated more awareness of cybercrime experienced significantly more cybercrime victimization (M= 1.66; SD= 1.7) than those who did not demonstrate awareness of cybercrime (M=. 73, SD= 1.4), t (1103)= 7.55, p=. 000, r=. 52.
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