Project
ASEAN Cybercrime Operations Desk
About
Cybil code: G0714
Status: Ongoing
From: Jul 2018
Implementors
Partners
Region
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Contact
INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation
Summary
In July 2018, INTERPOL established the ASEAN Cyber Capability Desk, with support from the Singapore Government and the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) 2.0 – to address the growing cyberthreats in the region. In 2020, it was renamed as the ASEAN Cybercrime Operations Desk to better reflect its functions and operational relevance to the ASEAN countries.
Through the ASEAN Desk, INTERPOL supports the countries in the region to tackle cybercrime using intelligence development, investigative support and operational coordination. We also help connect law enforcement authorities with the private sector and other partners who can provide valuable data or support.
Details
Activities
ASEAN Cybercrime Knowledge Exchange Workspace – launched in October 2020 this secure workspace enables law enforcement agencies to share non-operational information (non-police data) such as best practices and open source information about cyber threats in the region.
As a key activity, the ASEAN Desk disseminates Cyber Activity Reports to ASEAN countries, providing intelligence on cyberthreats including malware infections, business email compromise fraud, cryptojacking and web skimming attacks.
ASEAN Cyberthreat Assessment 2021 – to help protect digital economies in the region, the report offers analysis and insight into the current cyberthreat landscape, while also highlighting strategies for moving forward.
Operation Night Fury (2019-2020) – we coordinated an operation against a strain of malware targeting e-commerce websites in ASEAN, leading to the arrest of three individuals in Indonesia suspected to be the administrators of seized command and control servers. The ASEAN Desk disseminated Cyber Activity Reports to the affected countries to support their national investigations.
Operation Goldfish Alpha (2019) – saw the ASEAN Desk coordinate region-wide operations against cryptojacking targeting routers, facilitating collaboration between cybercrime investigators and experts from national Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to located infected routers, alert the victims and assist with patching 78 per cent of the identified devices.
Additional links
https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Cybercrime/Cybercrime-operations/ASEAN-Cybercrime-Operations-Desk
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