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CYBERCRIME 101: WHAT YOU DON`T KNOW CAN HURT THE MOST 02.11.21
KARACHI: The Internet, like all technologies, is a double-edged sword. Where it empowers us to pool our efforts and maximise our potential by interconnectivity and greater convenience, it offers these same boons to criminal elements and predators. Advances and increase in user bases around the world have been matched by a proportional increase in online […]
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African countries “vulnerable” to cybercrime – Interpol 27.10.21
A new Interpol report will assist African agencies charged with combatting cybercrime to better understand major threats and formulate a co-ordinated regional response. Cybercrimes, the international police organisation said, affect all countries but “weak networks and security make African countries particularly vulnerable”. Africa has an estimated 500 million Internet users, equating to 38% of the […]
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International Scientific-and-Practical Conference “Economic and Information Security: Actual Issues and Innovations” 11.10.21
We invite you to take part in the International Scientific-and-Practical Conference “Economic and Information Security: Actual Issues and Innovations”, which will be held on 4 November, 2021 at 1000 a.m. (UTC +2) by Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs. Target audience: practitioners, scientists, scientific-pedagogical staff of the educational institutions, applicants for higher education. Conference topics: […]
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Welcome to the Eurocrim e-conference 2021 Homepage 09.06.21
The 2021 conference of the European Society of Criminology will take place online through this professional virtual conference platform. The conference will take place during three full days: Wednesday 8 September to Friday 10 September 2021. Participants will have access to the video channels of the panels directly from their computer or from a dedicated […]
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What’s been done to fight cybercrime in East Africa 03.12.19
East Africa attracts millions of tourists every year. Over the past 10 years, its earnings from tourism have doubled. Compared to the rest of Africa, the region is experiencing healthy economic growth. This makes it a promising investment destination. Factors like regional tourism, movement of workers and technology development have catalysed East African integration and […]
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New Cybercrime Operating Model Among Threat Groups 09.09.19
Cybercrime campaigns and high-profile advanced persistent threat groups are shifting how they target victims and focusing more on intricate relationships with “secure syndicate” partnerships to disguise activity, according to the latest 2019 Cyber Threatscape Report from Accenture. Leveraging Accenture Security threat-intelligence capabilities and research from primary and secondary open-source materials, the annual report provides insights […]