Cognitive Cyber Crimes in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Protect your organization from next-generation threats with this comprehensive analysis of cognitive cybercrimes, addressing future legal, ethical, and policy challenges in the age of AI. Cognitive Cyber Crimes in the Era of Artificial Intelligence explores the emerging dimension of cybercrime where artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and cryptography intersect. It introduces the concept of neurocryptic forensics, a novel framework for investigating AI-driven psychological manipulations, deepfake-induced fraud, cognitive hacking, and brainwave-targeted cyber-attacks. As digital threats evolve, cybercriminals are shifting from traditional hacking methods to exploiting human cognition. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of cognitive cybercrime techniques and equips readers with methodologies to detect, prevent, and mitigate such threats. It serves as a guide for researchers, cybersecurity professionals, forensic analysts, policymakers, and AI developers who aim to secure both digital infrastructures and human perception against next-generation cyber threats.

Preface xvii 1 Intersection of AI, Neuroscience, and Cryptography in Cybercrime Investigations 1 Priya Matta, Dhiren P. Bhagat, Priyanka Rastogi, Anisha and Atika Gupta 2 Detecting and Preventing Synthetic Identity Fraud and Mapping Davinder 19 Singh Gill, Mirza Shuja, Tapan Kant and Mukesh Kumar 3 AI-Generated Propaganda and Automated Misinformation Warfare 37 Romil Rawat 4 Techniques for Analyzing and Debunking Deepfakes 53 Alpesh Soni, Kamal Borana, Juber Mirza and Abhishek Sharma 5 How Attackers Can Steal and Manipulate Brainwave Signals 69 A. Samson Arun Raj, Abhishek Singh Rathore, Juber Mirza, Ankita Chourasia and Abhishek Sharma 6 Developing AI-Enhanced Forensic Tools to Combat Cognitive Cybercrimes 85 Priya Matta, Atika Gupta, R.K. Saini, Sopan Talekar and Manjusha Tatiya 7 Social Engineering in the AI Era: Exploiting Human Perception for Threat 103 Sunil Parihar, Ankit Jain, Rahul Verma, Rupa Rajoriya and Kapil Bhardwaj 8 Understanding Cognitive Vulnerabilities and Psychological Hacking Techniques 119 Anjali Rawat and Anand Rajavat 9 AI-Powered Misinformation Campaigns and Subliminal Influence Tactics 135 Rajesh Kumar Chakrawarti, A. Samson Arun Raj, Alpesh Soni and Sachin Chirgaiya 10 Brainwave Authentication: Threats and Vulnerabilities 153 Hitesh Rawat and Anand Rajavat 11 Algorithmic Bias and Psychographic Profiling for Manipulation 171 Hitesh Rawat and Anand Rajavat 12 Role of AI-Enhanced Cryptographic Techniques in Protecting Cognition 189 Vivek Bhardwaj, Balwinder Kaur Dhaliwal, Jeyaganesh Viswanathan and Davinder Singh Gill 13 AI-Powered Mind-Reading and Neural Exploitation Techniques 207 Hitesh Rawat, Anjali Rawat, Romil Rawat and Anand Rajavat 14 AI-Generated Misinformation and Automated Psychological Warfare 227 Hitesh Rawat, Anjali Rawat and Anand Rajavat 15 Analyzing Neural Forensics Data in Criminal Investigations 245 Priya Matta, Minit Arora, Sopan Talekar, Priyanka Rastogi and Gagan Dangwal 16 Preventing Neural Data Leaks with Biometric Encryption 267 Antonio González-Torres 17 Deepfake Forensics and Synthetic Media Attacks 283 Yagyanath Rimal, Rajesh Kumar Chakrawarti, Neeraj Mehta, and Alpesh Soni 18 Identifying and Mitigating Psychological Bias in Cybersecurity 303 Yagyanath Rimal, Romil Rawat, Rajesh Kumar Chakrawarti and Abhishek Sharma 19 AI-Assisted Deep Social Profiling for Cyber Exploitation 321 Vivek Bhardwaj, Tanima Thakur, Jeyaganesh Viswanathan and Mukesh Kumar 20 Investigative Approaches for Dark Web Cognitive Cybercrimes 339 Anjali Rawat and Anand Rajavat 21 AI-Powered Image Morphing and Watermarking Techniques for Threat Attribution 359 Chandrapal Singh Dangi, Abhishek Singh Rathore, Kamal Borana and Sachin Chirgaiya 22 Decentralized Identity Verification: Blockchain for Cognitive Security 379 Mukesh Kumar, Sahil Rampal, Tapan Kant and Davinder Singh Gill 23 Cognitive Cyber Crimes in the AI Era: Unraveling Digital Deception through Intelligent Data Analytics 397 Ashish Dibouliya 24 Forensic Insights into Cognitive Cyberattacks: Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics 415 Romil Rawat 25 Cognitive Cybersecurity for Protecting Rural Artisan E-Commerce Platforms 435 Devbrath, Kriti Bhaswar Singh, Neha Aggarwal and Kuntal Dutta 26 Fraud and Misreporting Risks in Executive Pay: A Cognitive AI Detection Framework by Algorithmic Governance 557 Neha Aggarwal, Kriti Bhaswar Singh, Devbrath and Kuntal Dutta 27 Cognitive AI Systems for Real-Time Market Anomaly Detection and Asset Pricing in Financial Markets 475 Kuntal Dutta, Kriti Bhaswar Singh, Devbrath and Neha Aggarwal 28 Block Chain for Detecting Financial Accounting Risk 493 Kriti Bhaswar Singh, Abhishek Singh, S.K. Singh and Sanjeev Gupta References 507 About the Editors 509 Index 513