EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads to stop hospital hacks

The European Union is ramping up support, an early-warning system and rapid response teams to help its hospitals fight off cyberattacks from hacker groups, it said Wednesday. The plan proposes setting up a European Cybersecurity Support Center for hospitals and Read More …

UN General Assembly adopts milestone cybercrime treaty

The General Assembly on Tuesday adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty aimed at strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime and protecting societies from digital threats. The agreement on the legally binding treaty marked the culmination Read More …

NCIA experts enable Exercise Cyber Coalition 24

From 27 November to 6 December 2024, Exercise Cyber Coalition took place from the Cyber Range 14 in Tallinn, Estonia. Operating annually since 2008, Cyber Coalition is NATO’s flagship cyber defence exercise and one of the largest in the world. Read More …

International operation against ‘phone phishing’ gang in Belgium and the Netherlands

Europol has supported Belgian and Dutch authorities in an international operation against a ‘phone phishing’ gang that has led to the arrest of 8 suspects. On the action day, law enforcement also carried out 17 searches in different locations in Read More …

Europol: Fraudulent shopping sites tied to cybercrime marketplace taken offline

Europol has supported the dismantling of a sophisticated criminal network responsible for facilitating large-scale online fraud. In an operation led by the Hanover Police Department (Polizeidirektion Hannover) and the Verden Public Prosecutor’s Office (Staatsanwaltschaft Verden) in Germany, and supported by Read More …

NCA disrupts $multi-billion Russian money laundering networks with links to, drugs, ransomware and espionage, resulting in 84 arrests

An international NCA-led investigation – Operation Destabilise – has exposed and disrupted Russian money laundering networks supporting serious and organised crime around the world: spanning from the streets of the UK, to the Middle East, Russia, and South America. Investigators Read More …

INTERPOL financial crime operation makes record 5,500 arrests, seizures worth over USD 400 million

LYON, France – A global operation involving law enforcement from 40 countries, territories and regions has ended with the arrest of over 5,500 financial crime suspects and the seizure of more than USD 400 million in virtual assets and government-backed Read More …

Philippines, US sign military intelligence-sharing deal to counter China

The Philippines and the United States have signed a military intelligence-sharing deal, in a further deepening of security ties between the two defence treaty allies as they seek to counter a resurgent China. Secretary of Defense Gilberto Teodoro and his Read More …

FBI: Easy Access to Information for Conducting Fraudulent Emergency Data Requests Impacts US-Based Companies and Law Enforcement Agencies

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this Private Industry Notification to highlight a trend of compromised US and foreign government email addresses used to conduct fraudulent emergency data requests to US-based companies, exposing personally identifying information (PII). While Read More …

Sri Lanka arrests over 230 Chinese in cybercrime raids

Sri Lankan police have arrested more than 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams, the foreign minister said on Tuesday (Oct 15), with help from security officials sent by Beijing. Vijitha Herath said police raids over Read More …