Cybercrime: A systematic review of the literature

Authors

Riega Viru, Yasmina Beatriz

Ninaquispe Soto, Mario Edison

Salas Riega, Juan Luis

Abstract

The smart cities that characterize society these days bring a lot of satisfaction because they are the result of the development of technology and make life easier for many people; however, it has also facilitated crime that poses serious threats to the assets and tranquility of those who are victims of these subjects; For this reason, it is necessary to know the types and forms of cybercrime that occur in the various countries of Latin America, through a systematic analysis of the scientific literature based on the classification of cybercrime proposed by Miró Linares. 62 articles obtained from the Scopus, Dialnet and Scielo databases published between the years 2009 and 2021 were reviewed; Among the results, it was found that the highest index corresponds to economic cybercrimes with 43%, followed by social cybercrimes with 41% and finally political cybercrimes with 16%; being the malware tool the most used. It's concluded that the largest number of studies on cybercrime come from European and American countries; and that robbery; the use of malware (Booter, Spyware, Trojan, Adware, Ransomware) constitute the greatest tool for committing cybercrimes, the most recurrent being theft, cybercrime and fraud.