Important global cybercrime news has been curated by FutureCrime Researchers to keep you informed about various types of digital fraud occurring worldwide and to provide insights into the best mitigation strategies. Read below to learn more in detail. 1. CBI flags 64,000 phone numbers linked to cybercrime in Southeast Asia The CBI has identified 64,000...Read More

Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent BBC Joe Tidy interacted with hackers who claimed to have done the M&S and Co-op hack Almost daily, my phone pings with messages from hackers of all stripes. The good, the bad, the not-so-sure. I’ve been reporting on cyber security for more than a decade, so I know that many of...Read More

Listen to article KARACHI: Tech experts, strategists and chief executives of IT companies have vowed to promote Pakistan as one of the leading cybersecurity solution providers after it played an instrumental role in getting an edge over India during the recent conventional war. IT companies see cybersecurity solutions as an opportunity to grow as it is an...Read More

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has identified over 64,000 mobile phone numbers that were bought using forged documents and may have been used for cybercrimes in Southeast Asian countries, officials said on Saturday, days after the agency carried out searches at 42 locations in eight states as part of a crackdown on “digital arrest”...Read More

OPSWAT has officially opened the doors to its new Arlington, Virginia, office and CIP cybersecurity lab. The grand opening featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Virginia State Senator Barbara Favola (District 40), with further remarks by Arlington County Board Chair Takis Karontonis and Kate Bates, President and CEO of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. In...Read More

MULTAN: The intelligence agencies and the National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), Multan, have arrested 14 operatives of a 21-member gang involved in online fraud with people living abroad. According to officials, the gang was involved in defrauding people overseas and extorting money from them. They said a global cybercrime network operating from Pakistan had been...Read More

Ahmedabad: Over the past fortnight, cybercrime units across Gujarat’s major cities have quietly dismantled several sophisticated cybercrime fraud networks. Teams from Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, and Vadodara, working alongside the state cyber crime cell, successfully solved 12 cybercrime cases, including the capture of associates linked to alleged transnational cybercrime syndicate. A release stated that the minister...Read More

National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCA) Multan has dismantled a global cybercrime network operating from Pakistan, arresting 14 members of a 21-member syndicate in coordinated raids across Multan and Lahore, according to an FIR. The NCCA Multan said the operation was carried out in collaboration with sensitive security agencies. The arrested members include eight from...Read More

Dave Luber, the head of the National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Directorate, will retire at the end of the month in another leadership shakeup at an agency reeling from the recent firing of its chief and mandated cuts to its workforce. Dave Luber, who was named the NSA’s director of cybersecurity last year, will retire on May...Read More

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention against Cybercrime on December 24, despite widespread concerns that the treaty will facilitate human rights violations. The convention, the first global treaty of its kind, extends far beyond addressing cybercrime – malicious attacks on computer networks, systems, and data. It obligates states to establish broad electronic surveillance powers to investigate...Read More