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
andhighlights the benefits of adopting digital surveillance software in Nigeria and other
countries facing the same issues.
