Cybercrime , Events , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Floor Jansen on High-Tech Crime Unit’s Shift From Reactive to Preemptive Practices Rahul Neel Mani (@rneelmani) • May 13, 2024     Floor Jansen, deputy head of National High Tech Crime Unit, Dutch National Police Agency Combating the complexity and scale of modern cybercrime effectively...Read More

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has issued an alert to citizens about a new type of ‘blackmail’ scam in which cybercriminals impersonate police officers to extort money from their victims. In this scam, the fraudsters claim that you have sent them an illegal parcel containing drugs, fake passports, or other contraband items and...Read More

Image for representational purposes for cybercrimes.  BENGALURU: The accused in the case of a city-based woman lawyer, who had lost around Rs 14.5 lakh in a cyber fraud case in April this year and was made to strip in front of a web camera by cyber criminals, may be members of an international cybercrime syndicate....Read More

NEW DELHI: Anti-cyber fraud agency Indian Cyber Coordination Centre (I4C) has, in collaboration with Microsoft, blocked over 1,000 Skype accounts linked to intimidation, blackmail, extortion and ‘digital arrests’ of citizens by cyber criminals posing as personnel of the police, CBI, narcotics department, RBI or ED etc.I4C is also facilitating blocking of SIM cards, mobile devices...Read More

Colin’s Note: I’ve never shied away from talking about the immense potential of artificial intelligence here at The Bleeding Edge… It’s going to increase productivity and efficiency across industries and will likely transform technologies in ways we haven’t even dreamed of yet. Despite the incredible progress we’ve made in the past year and a half...Read More

The latest effort to reduce the number of ransom payments sent to cybercriminals in the UK involves the country’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) locking arms with insurance associations. Announced today by NCSC CEO Felicity Oswald at the annual CYBERUK conference, a new guidance book aims to prevent organizations from reacting in a knee-jerk fashion...Read More

It posted screenshots of an internal Europol platform SIRIUS, which acts as a central reference point for police to access cross-border, electronic evidence. The post, seen by POLITICO, shows screenshots of the Europol Platform for Experts (EPE), private messaging exchanges, and the EC3 SPACE (Secure Platform for Accredited Cybercrime Experts) that allegedly contains 9,128 records...Read More

The Digital Services Act (DSA) could significantly help protect wildlife in the digital age by taking a systemic approach to tackling illegal online trade. Adopted in October 2022, the Act has been fully effective in the EU since February 2024. It is a welcome step in the right direction and aims to make illegal online...Read More

“The fraudsters are known to use studios modelled on police stations and government offices.” New Delhi: Over 1,000 Skype IDs run by cross-border cybercriminals engaged in online intimidation, blackmail, extortion and “digital arrests” have been blocked by the government, according to an official statement on Tuesday. Issuing a warning to internet users, Indian Cyber Crime...Read More

New Delhi: Over 1,000 Skype IDs run by cross-border cybercriminals engaged in online intimidation, blackmail, extortion and “digital arrests” have been blocked by the government, according to an official statement on Tuesday. Issuing a warning to internet users, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), set up under the Ministry of Home Affairs for coordination on...Read More