RT Article
T1 Building a robust cyberthreat profile for institutions of higher educationd: an empirical analysis of external cyberattacks against a large University's computer network
JF International journal of law, crime and justice
VO 66
A1 Dollivera, Diana S.
A1 Ghazi-Tehrania, Adam K.
A1 Poorman, Kevin, T.
A2 Ghazi-Tehrania, Adam K.
A2 Poorman, Kevin, T.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1776482913
AB This study investigated twelve categories of exploits targeting a large southern university to build a build a more robust cyberthreat profile for institutions of higher education. In one week, the university experienced 12.4 million external cyberattacks from 110 countries. Malware constituted 58% of all malicious activities. Attacks were statistically more likely to occur during the overnight hours of weekdays. Moreover, the majority of cyberattack activity was generated by a limited number of IP addresses originating from a handful of countries. Dutch-originating IP addresses were responsible for 71% of all cyberattacks in this study, and spyware attacks almost exclusively originated from a single IP address in the U.S.
K1 Cyberattacks
K1 Cybersecurity
K1 Universities
K1 Malware
K1 Routine Activity Theory
DO 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2021.100484