Remco Spithoven
Biographic Data
| ID | 4199591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Remco Spithoven |
| GIVEN NAMES | Remco |
| FAMILY NAME | Spithoven |
| SIGNATURE | SPITHOVEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saxion |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6271-0855 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Engaging with cybercriminals
Ransomware is a cybersecurity threat that holds organizations' data hostage until a ransom is paid. Past research has mainly focused on the technical aspects of prevention or the ransom payment when an attack occurs. Little attention has been devoted to the strategies of organizations that lead to this payment. In this study, we analyze 41 authentic chat logs from 16 private and 25 open-source ransomware incidents, focusing on the phases of ranso…
The involvement mechanisms of cybercrime
Money muling is an urgent problem among young people. Money mules refer to individuals whose bank account is used to hide and launder the profits of financial-economic cybercrimes. They are key actors in the cybercriminal ecosystem. In order to add to the current body of knowledge and better understand and disrupt pathways into cybercrime, this study explores which individual factors relate to previous exposure to money mule recruiters. Drawing u…
Measuring and Explaining Situational Fear of Crime
The current study combines an experimental research design, Virtual Reality (VR) and multimodal (survey and physiological) measurements to measure and explain situational fear of crime. 159 participants completed our VR experiment in which we focused on the role of physical and social disorder in engendering situational fear of crime. Drawing on our survey measures, we find significant effects of disorder on a variety of outcome variables: situat…
Money Mules and Cybercrime Involvement Mechanisms
Money mules play an essential role in the execution of financially-motivated cybercrimes. The bank accounts of money mules, who are often young individuals, are used to hide and launder stolen money, allowing members of cybercriminal networks to maintain their anonymity. In order to better understand the pathways that lead to cybercrime, this explorative study aims to map the experiences and perceptions of Dutch young people related to money muli…
Supplemental safety? Exploring experienced safety in relation to other qualities of successful public spaces
Combining insights from the urban design and criminological literature, this paper explores the degree to which conviviality, feeling welcome, and feeling at home are related to peoples’ experiences of safety. A questionnaire was distributed on four squares in the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. While participants valued the positive qualities of the squares differently, feeling safe was connected to a wider, positive evaluation of the quality …
Money Mules and Cybercrime Involvement Mechanisms
Money mules play an essential role in the execution of financially-motivated cybercrimes. The bank accounts of money mules, who are often young individuals, are used to hide and launder stolen money, allowing members of cybercriminal networks to maintain their anonymity. In order to better understand the pathways that lead to cybercrime, this explorative study aims to map the experiences and perceptions of Dutch young people related to money muli…
Supplemental safety? Exploring experienced safety in relation to other qualities of successful public spaces
Combining insights from the urban design and criminological literature, this paper explores the degree to which conviviality, feeling welcome, and feeling at home are related to peoples’ experiences of safety. A questionnaire was distributed on four squares in the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. While participants valued the positive qualities of the squares differently, feeling safe was connected to a wider, positive evaluation of the quality …
Money Mules and Cybercrime Involvement Mechanisms
Money mules play an essential role in the execution of financially-motivated cybercrimes. The bank accounts of money mules, who are often young individuals, are used to hide and launder stolen money, allowing members of cybercriminal networks to maintain their anonymity. In order to better understand the pathways that lead to cybercrime, this explorative study aims to map the experiences and perceptions of Dutch young people related to money muli…
The involvement mechanisms of cybercrime
Money muling is an urgent problem among young people. Money mules refer to individuals whose bank account is used to hide and launder the profits of financial-economic cybercrimes. They are key actors in the cybercriminal ecosystem. In order to add to the current body of knowledge and better understand and disrupt pathways into cybercrime, this study explores which individual factors relate to previous exposure to money mule recruiters. Drawing u…
Measuring and Explaining Situational Fear of Crime
The current study combines an experimental research design, Virtual Reality (VR) and multimodal (survey and physiological) measurements to measure and explain situational fear of crime. 159 participants completed our VR experiment in which we focused on the role of physical and social disorder in engendering situational fear of crime. Drawing on our survey measures, we find significant effects of disorder on a variety of outcome variables: situat…
Engaging with cybercriminals
Ransomware is a cybersecurity threat that holds organizations' data hostage until a ransom is paid. Past research has mainly focused on the technical aspects of prevention or the ransom payment when an attack occurs. Little attention has been devoted to the strategies of organizations that lead to this payment. In this study, we analyze 41 authentic chat logs from 16 private and 25 open-source ransomware incidents, focusing on the phases of ranso…
Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (2 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Cybercrime (2 works) · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)