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October 1, 2025 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cybercrime Costs Africa $3B Annually, INTERPOL Flags Legal Gaps

The report highlights how gaps in legal cooperation and fragmented judicial frameworks are leaving the continent exposed to fast-evolving online threats.…

October 1, 2025 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 10 things to know in 2025

This article is part of: Centre for Cybersecurity Cybercrime continues to rise, with cybersecurity and AI increasingly linked as both a threat and a defence…

October 1, 2025 · Computer Crime Research Center
The cybercrime arms race

Resilience to cyber-dependent crimes is rising, yet threats continue to outpace it On 19 September, several European airports experienced flight delays and…

October 1, 2025 · Computer Crime Research Center
Staggering 31% jump in cybercrimes recorded in 2023 as compared to 2022 as per NCRB

According to the NCRB report, motives for these crimes also included sexual exploitation, extortion, anger, and personal revenge. Telangana recorded the…

May 20, 2025 · Computer Crime Research Center
Growing use of AI in cybercrimes as exploits, stolen credentials increase

the believability of phishing emails to improving password guessers MANILA, Philippines — Cybersecurity firm Fortinet, in their 2025 Global Threat Landscape…

May 20, 2025 · Computer Crime Research Center
New E-Zero FIR will help get hold of cyber criminals quickly, says Shah

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday announced that the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), which comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has…

February 6, 2025 · Computer Crime Research Center
IX INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE "INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS"

**MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE DNIPRO STATE UNIVERSITY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IX INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND…

January 22, 2025 · Computer Crime Research Center
Costa Rica Cybercrime Doubles as Criminals Go Digital

Cybercrime continues to increase in Costa Rica, and the figures are concerning to Costa Rican authorities. Randall Zúñiga, Director of the Judicial…

January 22, 2025 · Computer Crime Research Center
Belgium holds first trial of Russians for cybercrimes

On Friday, 17 January, a criminal court in Brussels began hearing a case against two Russians accused of cybercrimes, specifically extortion through ransomware…

October 22, 2024 · Computer Crime Research Center
Is Sri Lanka a cybercrime hub? Foreign Minister warns of impact on fragile economy

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Vijitha Herath acknowledged the growing problem of the island becoming a hub for international cybercrimes, warning that its shaky…

October 21, 2024 · Computer Crime Research Center
European Cybercrime Conference

Held from 16 to 17 October, Europol’s European Cybercrime Conference provided a platform for discussing the latest trends and challenges in cybercrime. More…

August 21, 2024 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cybercrime cases spike in Nepal

On the afternoon of August 17, Mahesh stepped out of the exam hall at Modern Secondary School in Bhaktapur, exhausted but relieved after completing a gruelling…

June 13, 2024 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cybercrime suspects often young, increasingly armed: Dutch police

Young cybercriminals in the Netherlands are increasingly armed, the police and Public Prosecution Service (OM) said in a new report on developments in…

June 13, 2024 · Computer Crime Research Center
Long jail terms for Chinese cybercrime gang in Zambia

Lengthy jail terms have been handed to 22 Chinese citizens - and a Cameroonian man - for cyber-related crimes in Zambia. The gang's only female convict, Gu…

January 25, 2024 · Computer Crime Research Center
No Consensus on Proposed Global Cybercrime Treaty

On Friday, governments concluded two weeks of polarizing meetings at the United Nations on a proposed global cybercrime treaty without reaching consensus on…

January 24, 2024 · Computer Crime Research Center
The cost of cybercrime to reach over $12tn by 2025

External market figures suggest that the cost of cybercrime is predicted to reach over $12tn by 2025, and the growth of cyber-attacks has been consistent, as…

January 10, 2024 · Computer Crime Research Center
The Rising Threat of AI-Enabled Cybercrimes: A Warning from NSA and FBI

In an era where technological advancements redefine the spectrum of conventional crime, our collective cybersecurity has been thrust into uncharted…

January 10, 2024 · Computer Crime Research Center
World Economic Forum: Extreme weather, AI, cybercrime greatest global risks in 2024

Jan. 10 (UPI) -- World nations face escalating threats in the coming year from extreme weather, artificial intelligence, and geopolitical tumult, while more…

December 5, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
InterCOP (International Cyber Offender Prevention Network)

The InterCOP network is made up of international law enforcement agencies that share expertise and jointly develop, implement and evaluate Cyber Offender…

November 20, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
Armenia signs second additional Protocol to Cybercrime Convention

Ambassador Arman Khachatryan, the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the Council of Europe has signed, in the presence of Secretary General Marija…

November 4, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
Unraveling cybercrime network’s underground operations

Emergence of drops for stuff and reshipping schemes with the exploitation of innocent individuals As online sellers started denying deliveries to locations…

October 2, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
ShadowSyndicate Cybercrime gang has used 7 ransomware families over the past year

Researchers from Group-IB believe it's likely the group is an independent affiliate working for multiple ransomware-as-a-service operations A previously…

September 28, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
Fight cybercrime with tech education

MANILA — Criticisms on the supposed failure of the SIM (subscriber identity module) card registration law to put a stop to cybercrime are rather harsh. The…

September 27, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber crime fears present massive opportunities for the industry: PwC’s Jim Bichard

With cyber crime fears being heavily highlighted in PwC’s “Insurance Banana Skins 2023” report, Reinsurance News spoke to Jim Bichard, Partner and Global…

September 6, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
CYBERCRIME WILL COST GERMANY $224 BILLION IN 2023

Cybercrime will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023, German digital association Bitkom told Reuters. According to the German digital…

September 5, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
News FutureBank partners with IDVerse to counter cybercrime

Through this partnership, new FutureBank customers can access the IDVerse software as part of its offering. IDVerse customers looking for a middleware platform…

August 12, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
A leap toward totalitarianism: Jordan's new cybercrime law takes aim at free speech

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, one of the largest recipients of financial and political support from western countries, is now on a concerning path to join…

July 18, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
Controversy over cybercrimes bill before Jordan parliament

AMMAN: With Jordanian lawmakers scheduled to weigh up changes to the cybercrimes law, journalists and rights activists have warned of a major setback in public…

June 20, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
UK to allocate funds to strengthen cyber security in Ukraine

The UK is to allocate about £16 million [US$20.5 million] to help Ukraine in the field of cyber security. Source: Reuters Details: According to a statement by…

March 15, 2023 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cybercrime Losses Exceeded $10 Billion in 2022: FBI

The FBI received more than 800,000 cybercrime-related complaints in 2022, with losses totaling over $10 billion, the agency’s Internet Crime Complaint Center…