Search Results for: Cybercrime
Beyond the pandemic – What will the criminal landscape look like after Covid-19?
May 12th, 2020
New Europol report assesses the impact of the pandemic on serious and organised crime across three phases. Based on criminal information from investigations in the Member States, Europol is assessing the impact of the pandemic across three phases; current, ...
How criminals profit from the COVID-19 pandemic
March 31st, 2020
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has published a report about the latest developments of COVID-19 on the criminal landscape in the EU. In accordance with the Europol’s latest report: During this unprecedented crisis, governments across Europe are ...
The SIM hijackers: How criminals are stealing millions by hijacking phone numbers
March 16th, 2020
It is a common story: the signal bars disappears from their mobile phones, they call the phone number – it rings, but it’s not their phone ringing. They try to login to their bank account, but the password fails. ...
The Influence of Technology on the Gambling Industry
December 6th, 2019
Thanks to technology a lot of industries evolved and made a lot of things possible. Simple services and products can now be ordered online. One of the industries that progressed along with technology is the gambling industry. It’s hard ...
Lebanon prepares to launch digital currency
December 7th, 2018
Lebanon’s Banque du Liban governor, Riad Salameh, said that preparations were underway to issue a digital currency in the Lebanese pound, to be used locally only. In comments made at the opening of the Anti-Cybercrime Forum in Beirut, Salameh ...
Beware: 7 most common online financial scams
October 23rd, 2018
Europol and the European Banking Federation launch awareness campaign on 7 most common online financial scams. Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the European Banking Federation and their partners from the public and private sector are kicking off today the ...
Online scammers captured after causing Eur 18 million of damage
August 2nd, 2018
After six years of preparation and coordination, the international Operation Warenagent has seen the arrest of 15 individuals, thought to be members of a network responsible for online fraud causing EUR 18 million worth of damage. The operation was ...
Virtual currencies spark real concern about national security threat
July 31st, 2018
U.S. government officials are increasingly worried about the potential national security threat posed by the rise of cryptocurrencies. In the past week, the Department of Justice, congressional lawmakers and even Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell have voiced concern about ...
8 Israelis arrested in Philippines for multi-million dollar Forex, Bitcoin and shares scam
June 8th, 2018
The Cybercrime Unit of the Philippine Police has arrested eight Israelis who are suspected to have been behind a huge Bitcoin currency and online investments fraud scheme worth millions of dollars. The Israelis were arrested on Wednesday in raids ...
AMF and SIGNAL SPAM sign investor protection partnership agreement
March 30th, 2017
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is working on various initiatives aimed at offering better protection for investors. One such initiative is today’s signature of a partnership agreement with Signal Spam, the French national spam reporting platform. Signal Spam ...
