Users’ Psychopathologies: Impact on Cybercrime Vulnerabilities and Cybersecurity Behavior

The internet and digital technologies have become an integral part of people’s daily lives. online world provides many benefits to billions users globally. However, it also brings risks too, because is easy for criminals reach their victims exploit behavior. Nevertheless, often perform risky security behaviors convenience usability, inadequate awareness. With around 25% the world’s population experiencing mental and/or neurological disorders, important understand how users’ psychopathologies manifest themselves in context cybersecurity. This chapter has reviewed symptoms several disorders while considering risks, these been applied evaluate vulnerability cybercrimes cybersecurity practices. findings reveal complexity each disorder influences engagement susceptibility cybercrimes, uniquely, varying degrees, they affect different behaviors.