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Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2024
The Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) is Europol’s analysis of the shifting landscape of cybercrime, examining key threats and trends from the past year.
The 2024 report emphasizes trends in areas such as cyber-attacks, child sexual exploitation, and online and payment fraud schemes. Recent law enforcement actions have led ransomware groups to split up and rebrand under new identities. Additionally, ongoing shutdowns of dark web forums and marketplaces have shortened the lifespan of these criminal sites. This instability, along with a rise in exit scams, has contributed to a more fragmented and diverse array of cyber threats.
IOCTA reports are issued annually by Europol.
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This project provided two-day training courses for law enforcement in five regional centres (The Hague;Sao Paulo;Singapore;Hong Kong and Accra) in how to disrupt criminal ICT infrastructure by working with registrars and internet service providers to shut down criminal websites and email adresses where the terms of service policies are being […]
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