An Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report by Europol που δημοσιεύτηκε σήμερα, παρουσιάζει αναλυτικά τις 8 πιο διαδεδομένες τάσεις του εγκλήματος στον κυβερνοχώρο, για τις οποίες οι ερευνητές έχουν παρατηρήσει αύξηση στα περιστατικά από την αρχή του έτους.
The Europol report shows an upward trend in volume, the field applications and the material of cybercrime, and comes to complement the statements of the United Kingdom Authorities who announced earlier this year that internet crime has surpassed traditional crime, for the first time in their country's history.
1: Crime-as-a-Service
Europol reports that the digital underground scene is shifting to a Crime-as-a-Service Crime-like business model, with individuals and groups specializing in specific crimes, providing technical support services and the necessary tools, of course with the appropriate price.
This has seen illegal arms sales, on-demand hacks, DDoS rental services and many others exploit kit.
2: Ransomware
If you read iguru.gr you will have come across very often reports on issues related to ransomware. In addition to ransomware, Europol also reports that banking trojans have been very popular this year.
3: Use Crime Data
Recent hacks, violations and data leaks have filled the internet with personal data used by fraudsters to make other violations, frauds and even blackmail.
4: Payment Scams
Europol reports that it had a very large number of fraud complaints, which were organized by organized crime groups with hacking on ATMs, EMVs and NFC cards.
5: Sexual abuse of children
The large number of online tools and services that provide sophisticated and unbreakable end-to-end encryption, along with anonymous payments through cryptocurrencies, has led to "an escalation in the live streaming of child abuse."
6: Move to Darknet
More and more crime activities move to darknet (or darkweb), a part of the Internet for which you need special software such as Tor and I2P to access. Of course, criminals exploit the anonymity of the network.
7: Social engineering
Europol reports that spear-phishing episodes of high-value targets increased in 2016, and highlights the increase in scams targeting CEOs.
8: Digital crypt-coins
Europol reports that Bitcoin has become the de facto currency for blackmail payments. This is also the reason why the agency created a Bitcoin Money Laundering Department (Bitcoin Money Laundering Division) earlier this month.
For more information, please see the IOCTA Europol assessment from the link below:
