This book reviews the use of digital surveillance for detecting,
investigating and interpreting fraud associated with critical
cyberinfrastructures in Nigeria, as it is well known that the country's
cyberspace and cyberinfrastructures are very porous, leaving too much
room for cyber-attackers to freely operate. In 2017, there were 3,500
successful cyber-attacks on Nigerian cyberspace, which led to the
country losing an estimated 450 million dollars.
These cybercrimes are hampering Nigeria's digital economy, and also help
to explain why many Nigerians remain skeptical about Internet marketing
and online transactions. If sensitive conversations using digital
devices are not well monitored, Nigeria will be vulnerable to
cyber-warfare, and its digital economy, military intelligence, and
related sensitive industries will also suffer.
The Nigerian Army Cyber Warfare Command was established in 2018 in order
to combat terrorism, banditry, and other attacks by criminal groups in
Nigeria. However, there remains an urgent need to produce digital
surveillance software to help law enforcement agencies in Nigeria to
detect and prevent these digitally facilitated crimes. The monitoring of
Nigeria's cyberspace and cyberinfrastructure has become imperative,
given that the rate of criminal activities using technology has
increased tremendously. In this regard, digital surveillance includes
both passive forensic investigations (where an attack has already
occurred) and active forensic investigations (real-time investigations
that track attackers).
In addition to reviewing the latest mobile device forensics, this book
covers natural laws (Benford's Law and Zipf's Law) for network traffic
analysis, mobile forensic tools, and digital surveillance software
(e.g., A-BOT). It offers valuable insights into how digital surveillance
software can be used to detect and prevent digitally facilitated crimes
in Nigeria, and highlights the benefits of adopting digital surveillance
software in Nigeria and other countries facing the same issues.
