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The development and improvement of the internet with new distinctive features and abilities has widened the access to computer technology and created new opportunities for work and business activities. It has also posed threats to people using it either for business or leisure. According to Brenner (2007), the emergence of technology and electronic communication has brought a far-reaching increase in the incidence of criminal activities. As technology evolves, so does the nature of the crimes committed through the internet. There are numerous crimes of this nature committed daily on the internet. Criminal activity on the Internet is wide-ranging and can include an assortment of offenses such as illegal interception, copyright violation, stalking, money laundering, extortion, fraud, and resource theft involving the illegal use of computers (Broadhurst and Choo 2011). Internet-based cybercrime has become a huge menace threatening the socio-economic and technological advancement of Nigeria. Since the advent of the internet, cybercrime has become a recurring decimal in Nigeria. The main objective of this study is to create more awareness of cybercrime in Nigeria through a bibliometric analysis while enlightening the public on the existence of cybercrimes. The analysis was carried out through software like Harzing, VOSviewer, maxQDA, bibExcel, Mendeley, and Citespace. The software is used to establish rising scope in the field of cybersecurity.
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Enebechi, M.O., Enebechi, C.N., Duffy, V.G. (2021). A Bibliometric Analysis on Cybercrime in Nigeria. In: Stephanidis, C., et al. HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Papers: Design and User Experience. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13094. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90238-4_18
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