We host Dr. Tom Holt from the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, to talk about his current research and the problems of getting research into practice . Dr. Holt explaines the intricate dynamics of online ideological spaces and the rise of ideologically driven cyber attacks, emphasizing the critical need for interdisciplinary efforts between social sciences and computer science.

In this episode, Dr. Lennon Chang from Deakin University provides an academic exploration into the mechanisms and implications of virtual kidnapping and online scams. Dr. Chang discusses the sophisticated tactics employed by cybercriminals to exploit victims and the significant challenges in international law enforcement collaboration. He underscores the importance of enhancing public education about scams and the available support systems for victims, providing a personal example to highlighting the limitations of education in preventing scams but how it can aid with recovering. The discussion also ventures into the potential future challenges posed by emerging technologies, offering insights into the evolving landscape of cybercrime prevention and the critical role of academic research in informing policy and practice.

How can we leverage new technologies and research to assist the investigators combating the production of child sexual abuse material online. Dr. Russell Brewer from the University of Adelaide in Australia and Dr. Bryce Westlake from San Jose State University join us to talk about a project that puts research into practice and is providing a software tool that can leverage criminological approaches, forensic techniques and the latest computing technologies to assist law enforcement. We discuss what the tools do, how they can help and the challenges of taking academic findings into the real world.

A new year's resolution that can benefit all of us is to do better presentations. A great way to improve yourself is to learn from the experience of others. To help us all get a little better at presenting our ideas we should listen to people who are experienced with communicating research. So this episode is all about tips for presenting cybercrime research and we hear from Dr. Russell Brewer, Dr. Lennon Chang, Dr. Benoit Dupont, Dr. Steven Kemp, Dr. Katalin Parti, Dr. Rutger Leukfeldt and Dr. Bryce Westlake.

One hundred episodes of cybercrime, its research and its researchers. We take a look at the podcast, what have we done, what did we talk about, what goes into the production of the podcast and its impact on me as a host. This episode's guest is the future, or at least what it might be as we have a combination of AI technologies appearing as our research assistant.

How do you make something that is good thing great? Dr. Rutger Leukfeldt from NSCR and Leiden University joins us to discuss the Hack_Right program reforming young criminal hackers and how academics have played a role in analyzing the program for its improvement. We also talk about the development of interdisciplinary researchers and some of the challenges of producing this kind of research at the moment.

What is the Cybersecurity Ecosystem ? Dr Benoît Dupont dives into the world of ecology to reveal the web of relationships underlying cybersecurity and discussed how this perspective could lead to smarter governance of crime online.

When we say we need more cybercrime data, what do we mean ? We talk with Dr. Steven Kemp from the University of Girona about cybercrime reporting rates, the need for longitudinal data and the need for more countries to embrace a culture of evaluation with regards to cybercrime to enable more localized analysis to ensure appropriate recommendations are being made.

For cybercrime awareness to be effective it has to be heard. Dr Katalin Parti joins us talk online scams and to explain the Performances to Reduce Online Scams (PROS) project that is taking awareness storytelling to audiences in the form of an interactive theatre experience. We discuss how the program works and the interesting metrics that reveal how it affects different audiences.

What makes a cyberinvestigator? This episode we hear Kenrick Bagnall tell his story, following his retirement from being a detective constable of the Toronto Police working cybercrime cases after more than 17 years of service. We talk to him about how it was he came to be a police officer and a cyber investigator, some of the cases he worked and what it is that he hopes to do now that he has moved on from the police force.

What do AI, Open Data, and Smart Cities have in common ? They all impact on privacy. We are joined by Dr. Teresa Scassa, a professor of law and the Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy at the University of Ottawa to discuss these issues and help us to better understand how we should pose and consider all of these technologies together in how we regulate to preserve our communities, societies and world

Adapting to overcome problems can allow us to innovate and renovate how we do things. Dr Richard Frank and Noelle Warkentin from Simon Fraser University chat with us about the struggle of trying to perform important research under unfavourable conditions, the use of third-party service providers for data collection in research and how the dynamic nature of cyberspace is creating challenges for the processes designed to ensure ethical research.

What does a phd in cybercrime or cybersecurity do to you and how can you get through the process? With the help of five people that are well on their way to a phd in their respective fields, we will attempt to find out more about the adventure of a doctorate in cyber. In a three-part mini-series we share some perspectives on the experience of this level of study. In this the final part of the series, we find out how the doctoral process changes people, discuss the balance between guidance and freedom in learning to be an independent researcher, how to deal with impostor syndrome and we will receive some sage advice.

What is it like to study a doctorate in cybercrime or cybersecurity and should you think about doing one? With the help of five people that are well on their way to a phd in their respective fields, we will attempt to find out more about the adventure of a doctorate in cyber. In a three-part mini-series we share some perspectives on the experience of this level of study. In this the second part of the series, we find out about what is unique studying a subject that is related to cyber, what the impact of the pandemic was and we learn what the process of doing had a doctorate is, how it feels, and what is important for success.

What is it like to study a doctorate in cybercrime or cybersecurity and should you think about doing one? With the help of five people that are well on their way to a phd in their respective fields, we will attempt to find out more about the adventure of a doctorate in cyber. In a three-part mini-series we share some perspectives on the experience of this level of study. In the first part of the we look at the decision to start, why would you, why shouldn't you and what is different about doing a doctorate in cyber.

Rachel Bleiman from Temple University joins us to talk about training for social engineering and the Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks (CIRA) Dataset that they have created to promote research. Prof Nicolas Vermeys answers a silly question about why some cybercrimes are tried in a criminal court and others in a civil court.

The incel community has been associated with terrorist attacks and misogynistic violence. But logically, just as not all violent terrorists are incels, not all incels are violent terrorists and uncritical condemnation is neither scientific nor constructive. Allysa Czerwinsky joins us for an open and objective discussion of the incel community and research into that community so that we can better understand this group. Dr Nicolas Vermeys answers another of my silly questions about the regulations around the storage of data and whether companies as victims of data breaches can also be held responsible for the loss of their client’s data.

Social Engineering is something what we hear about a lot in the context of cybersecurity and cybercrimes, but what is it ? Dr Kevin Steinmetz from Kansas State University joins us to talk about Social Engineering as well as his hopes for the ASC Division of Cybercrime. Professor Nicolas Vermeys joins us to answer a silly question about the terminology used in cybercrime law.

Fraud involving the sale of pets online is an emotional issue, but not one that really makes headlines as much as it perhaps should. We talk with Dr Jennifer L. Schally, Associate Teaching Professor of Criminal Justice at Pennsylvania State University and Kaylie Derrickson who share their experiences researching the narratives of victims of online pet scams. Prof. Nicolas Vermeys joins us to answer whether data interference type crime still happen.

Can we observe cybercriminals as they shop for illicit goods on darknet marketplaces ? Jordan Howell joins with us to talk about what we can learn about darknet stolen data marketplaces, innovative techniques for gathering data and the benefits of these approaches to researching criminal behaviour online. Professor Nicolas Vermeys answers another stupid question about the law and illegal access.