Title
On the Relevance of Spatial and Temporal Dimensions in Assessing Computer Susceptibility to System Trespassing Incidents
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
We employ knowledge regarding the early phases of system trespassing events and develop a contextrelated, theoretically driven study that explores computer networks’ social vulnerabilities to remote system trespassing events. Drawing on the routine activities perspective, we raise hypotheses regarding the role of victim client computers in determining the geographical origins and temporal trends of (1) successful password cracking attempts and (2) system trespassing incidents. We test our hypotheses by analyzing data collected from large sets of target computers, built for the sole purpose of being attacked, that were deployed in two independent research sites (China and Israel). Our findings have significant implications for cyber-criminological theory and research.
Recommended Citation
Maimon, David, Theodore Wilson, Wuling Ren, and Tamar Berenblum. 2015. "On the relevance of spatial and temporal dimensions in assessing computer susceptibility to system trespassing incidents." British Journal of Criminology 55): 615-634.
Comments
For a copy of the article, please email David Maimon (dmaimon@gsu.edu)