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Europol\u2019s 2020 cybercrime report updates on the latest trends and the current impact of cybercrime within the EU and beyond.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So much has changed since Europol published last year\u2019s Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA). It is in this new normal that Europol publishes its 7th annual IOCTA. The IOCTA seeks to map the cybercrime threat landscape and understand how law enforcement responds to it. Although the COVID-19 crisis showed us how criminals actively take advantage of society at its most vulnerable, this opportunistic behaviour of criminals should not overshadow the overall threat landscape. In many cases, COVID-19 has enhanced existing problems.<\/p>\n

Cross-cutting crime<\/h3>\n

Social engineering and phishing remain an effective threat to enable other types of cybercrime. Criminals use innovative methods to increase the volume and sophistication of their attacks, and inexperienced cybercriminals can carry out phishing campaigns more easily through crime as-a-service. Criminals quickly exploited the pandemic to attack vulnerable people; phishing, online scams and the spread of fake news became an ideal strategy for cybercriminals seeking to sell items they claim will prevent or cure COVID-19.<\/p>\n

More sophisticated malware<\/h3>\n

Los ataques con programas de rescate se han vuelto m\u00e1s sofisticados, apuntando a organizaciones espec\u00edficas en el sector p\u00fablico y privado a trav\u00e9s del reconocimiento de las v\u00edctimas. Mientras que la pandemia de COVID-19 ha desencadenado un aumento de los delitos cibern\u00e9ticos, los ataques con software de rescate se dirig\u00edan a la industria de la salud mucho antes de la crisis. Adem\u00e1s, los delincuentes han incluido otra capa en sus ataques de rescate, amenazando con subastar los datos incluidos, lo que aumenta la presi\u00f3n sobre las v\u00edctimas para que paguen el rescate.<\/p>\n

Ransomware attacks have become more sophisticated, targeting specific organisations in the public and private sector through victim reconnaissance. While the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an increase in cybercrime, ransomware attacks were targeting the healthcare industry long before the crisis. Moreover, criminals have included another layer to their ransomware attacks by threatening to auction off the comprised data, increasing the pressure on the victims to pay the ransom.<\/p>\n

Child abuse material on the rise<\/h3>\n

Las principales amenazas relacionadas con la explotaci\u00f3n del abuso infantil en l\u00ednea se han mantenido estables en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, sin embargo, la detecci\u00f3n de material de abuso sexual infantil en l\u00ednea experiment\u00f3 un fuerte repunte en el punto \u00e1lgido de la crisis de COVID-19. Los delincuentes siguen utilizando varias formas de ocultar este horrendo crimen, como las redes P2P, las plataformas de redes sociales y el uso de aplicaciones de comunicaciones cifradas. La corriente de maltrato infantil sigue aumentando y se ha hecho m\u00e1s popular de lo habitual durante la crisis de COVID-19, cuando las restricciones de viaje impidieron que los delincuentes abusaran f\u00edsicamente de los ni\u00f1os. En algunos casos se utilizan aplicaciones de videoconferencia en sistemas de pago, lo que se convierte en uno de los principales desaf\u00edos para los organismos de represi\u00f3n, ya que este material no se graba.<\/p>\n

The main threats related to online child abuse exploitation have remained stable in recent years, however detection of online child sexual abuse material saw a sharp spike at the peak of the COVID-19 crisis. Offenders keep using a number of ways to hide this horrifying crime, such as P2P networks, social networking platforms and using encrypted communications applications. Livestream of child abuse continues to increase, becoming even more popular than usual during the COVID-19 crisis when travel restrictions prevented offenders from physically abusing children. In some cases, video chat applications in payment systems are used which becomes one of the key challenges for law enforcement as this material is not recorded.<\/p>\n

Payment Fraud<\/h3>\n

SIM swapping, which allows perpetrators to take over accounts, is one of the new trends in this year\u2019s IOCTA. As a type of account takeover, SIM swapping provides criminals access to sensitive user accounts. Criminals fraudulently swap or port victims\u2019 SIMs to one in the criminals\u2019 possession in order to intercept the one-time password step of the authentication process.<\/p>\n

Dark Web<\/h3>\n

In 2019 and early 2020 there was a high level of volatility on the dark web. The lifecycle of dark web market places has shortened and there is no clear dominant market that has risen over the past year. Tor remains the preferred infrastructure, however criminals have started to use other privacy-focused, decentralised marketplace platforms to sell their illegal goods. Although this is not a new phenomenon, these sorts of platforms have started to increase over the last year. OpenBazaar is noteworthy, as certain threats have emerged on the platform over the past year such as COVID-19-related items during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

More information<\/h3>\n

Full news<\/a><\/p>\n

IOCTA 2020 Report<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0IOCTA 2019 Report<\/a><\/p>\n

Transatlantic cyber-insecurity and cybercrime<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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