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Oct 01, 2025 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....

Oct 01, 2025 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...

Oct 01, 2025 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...

Oct 01, 2025 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 Growing use of AI in cybercrimes as exploits, stolen credentials increase

Cybercriminals are leveraging AI to enhance their attacks, from enhancing the believability of phishing emails to improving password guessers...

May 20, 2025 New E-Zero FIR will help get hold of cyber criminals quickly, says Shah

The home minister said the Modi government is bolstering the cyber security grid to build a cyber-secure India...

Feb 06, 2025 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...

Jan 22, 2025 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...

Jan 22, 2025 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...

Oct 22, 2024 Is Sri Lanka a cybercrime hub? Foreign Minister warns of impact on fragile economy

These scams, which target victims through emotional manipulation and false promises of romance or investment opportunities...

Oct 21, 2024 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....

Aug 21, 2024 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...

Jun 13, 2024 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...

Jun 13, 2024 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,...

Jan 25, 2024 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...