‘Cybercrime’ is an umbrella concept used by criminologists to refer to traditional crimes that are enhanced via the use of networked technologies (i.e. cyber-enabled crimes) and newer forms of crime that would not exist without networked technologies (i.e. cyber-dependent crimes). Cybersecurity is similarly a very broad concept and diverse field of practice. For computer scientists, […] Lire la suite

The core of this article is a detailed investigation of the dispute resolution system contained within Darkode, an elite cybercriminal forum. Extracting the dedicated disputes section from within the marketplace, where users can report bad behavior and register complaints, we carry out content analysis on these threads. This involves both descriptive statistics across the data […] Lire la suite

La pandémie à laquelle nous faisons face depuis le début de l’année 2020 a révélé de manière frappante la nature polymorphe des crises contemporaines, qui se propagent rapidement selon une logique multisectorielle et multiniveaux. En effet, la crise sanitaire s’est diffusée à une multitude de secteurs d’activité, démontrant la fragilité de nos chaînes d’approvisionnement mondialisées […] Lire la suite

The growing sophistication, frequency and severity of cyberattacks targeting financial sector institutions highlight their inevitability and the impossibility of completely protecting the integrity of critical computer systems. In this context, cyber-resilience offers an attractive complementary alternative to the existing cybersecurity paradigm. Cyber-resilience is defined in this article as the capacity to withstand, recover from and […] Lire la suite

Research examining the illicit online market for cybercrime services operating via web forums, such as malicious software, personal information, and hacking tools, has greatly improved our understanding of the practices of buyers and sellers, and the social forces that structure actor behavior. The majority of these studies are based on open markets, which can be […] Lire la suite

F. Fortin, S. Paquette, and B. Dupont (2018), From online to offline sexual offending: Episodes and obstacles, Aggression and Violent Behavior, 39, 33-41. Résumé: Script theory explains how different types of crime may be committed in a particular sequence. While researchers have traditionally been interested in crimes against property and crimes against persons, this study analyzes a new […] Lire la suite

Script theory explains how different types of crime may be committed in a particular sequence. While researchers have traditionally been interested in crimes against property and crimes against persons, this study analyzes a new form of crime: sexual crimes committed on the Internet. The objective of the present study was to review the scientific literature […] Lire la suite

This article explores the social and market dynamics of Darkode, an invitation-only cybercrime forum that was dismantled by the FBI in July 2015 and was described by a U.S. Attorney as “the most sophisticated English-speaking forum for criminal computer hackers in the world”. Based on a leaked database of 4788 discussion threads, we examine the […] Lire la suite

B. Dupont, (2016), La gouvernance polycentrique du cybercrime: Les réseaux fragmentés de la coopération internationale, Cultures et Conflits, (102), 95-120. Résumé: L’une des caractéristiques fondamentales de la délinquance numérique est sa nature transnationale, qui semble constituer un obstacle majeur à l’harmonisation et la coordination de ressources policières, par définition locales. L’étude empirique de la gouvernance internationale du cybercrime nous […] Lire la suite

L’une des caractéristiques fondamentales de la délinquance numérique est sa nature transnationale, qui semble constituer un obstacle majeur à l’harmonisation et la coordination de ressources policières, par définition locales. L’étude empirique de la gouvernance internationale du cybercrime nous offre cependant une image bien différente de la situation. Cet article utilise la méthode de l’analyse des […] Lire la suite