Cybercrime - Weekly Update - December 2024

The PGA Weekly Cybercrime Update is prepared by the International Peace and Security Program of PGA and is provided strictly for informational purposes only. Any opinions expressed in articles contained in this Update are not necessarily shared by PGA or any individual/s associated with PGA, nor does PGA, or any individual/s associated with PGA, vouch for the accuracy of the contents of these articles.

2024December13

Country	Topic	Source
Canada	Canada urged to not sign ‘deeply flawed’ UN cybercrime treaty	The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis
China	How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi's national surveillance system	The Register
Ecuador	Ecuador accedes to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime	The Council of Europe
Europol	Europol shutters 27 DDoS sites in major crackdown	CSO Online \| Security at the speed of business
Ghana	Strengthening digital defenses: Ghana’s urgent battle against rising cybercrime	HThe Business & Financial Times
India	India government deactivates 8.5 million mobile connections to combat cybercrimes	NewsBytes: Latest News, India, Cricket, Politics, Bollywood, Gadgets
Indonesia	Indonesia -Bali Launches Cybercrime Unit Targeting Tourists	The Bali Sun - Daily Bali News and Events
Japan	Japanese publisher paid $3 million to hacker group after cyberattack	Kyodo News+ \| Japan's leading news agency.
Kenya	Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa top targets for DDoS attacks	ITWeb Africa \| Business Technology News
Malaysia	Octopus Project: Malaysia pilots judicial training on cybercrime and electronic evidence	The Council of Europe
The Netherlands	Keep some cash at home because of cyber attacks, DNB says	DutchNews.nl brings daily news from The Netherlands in English
The Netherlands/Belgium	Eight arrested in international cybercrime crackdown spanning Belgium and the Netherlands	TEISS
Nigeria	Notorious Nigerian cybercriminal tied to BEC scams extradited to U.S.	CyberScoop \| Breaking Cybersecurity News, Public Sector Threats
North Korea	North Korea's fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88 million over six years	The Register
OSCE	OSCE regional workshop in Central Asia focuses on competency frameworks and training strategies on combating cybercrime and dealing with electronic evidence	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe \| OSCE
Pakistan	Pakistan government proposes new national cybercrime forensics agency amid digital law reforms	ANINEWS
Russian Federation/Ukraine	For Russian spies, existing cybercrime tools become avenues into Ukrainian military devices	Cyber Security News \| The Record from Recorded Future News
United States	AWS customers hit by major cyberattack which then stored stolen credentials in plain sight	TechRadar \| the technology experts
United States	U.S. authorities seized cybercrime marketplace Rydox	Security Affairs
United States	US sanctions China cyber firm for potentially deadly ransomware attack	Al Jazeera
United States	Krispy Kreme Online Ordering Disrupted by Cyberattack	CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news

2024December5

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	African cybercrime crackdown nets more than 1,000 suspects	CyberScoop
Arab Region	Lessons from the Arab region for UN cybercrime convention	Access Now
Australia	Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks	Security Affairs
Australia	Australia’s first Cyber Security Act passes both houses	CSO Online
Australia	Australia’s Cyber Defense report highlights evolving threats and strategic countermeasures	Industrial Cyber
Cambodia	Cambodia Blocks Major Crypto Websites amid Rising Cybercrime and Regulatory Challenges	CoinSpeaker
Canada	Canada holds onto alleged Snowflake hacker in face of US extradition	Computing - The UK leading source for the analysis of business technology
Canada	Canada Shuts Down TikTok Office Over National Security Risks	Forbes
Council of Europe	CyberSEE, CyberEast+, Octopus Project: Regional cybercrime exercise boosts interagency cooperation across East, South-East Europe and Türkiye	The Council of Europe
Council of Europe	T-CY News	The Council of Europe
Council of Europe	CyberSPEX: Webinar on the procedures enhancing direct cooperation under the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Art. 6	The Council of Europe
Council of Europe	The eighth Annual Meeting of the 24/7 Network of Contact Points	The Council of Europe
Council of Europe	CyberSEE: Albania commences legislative reform for the ratification and effective implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention	The Council of Europe
Council of Europe	GLACY-e: First pool of national trainers set up in Colombia	The Council of Europe
Council of Europe	CyberEast+: Ukrainian authorities committed to further strengthen legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence	The Council of Europe
Council of Europe	European Council enacts cybersecurity legislation; adopts Cyber Solidarity Act, targeted amendment to cybersecurity act	Industrial Cyber
European Union	EU’s first ever report on the state of cybersecurity in the Union	ENISA
Germany	Germany’s cybersecurity and infrastructure under attack by Russia, chancellor says	POLITICO
Germany	Cops arrest suspected admin of German-language crime bazaar	The Register
India	Dark Web: The Hidden Haven for Cybercrime in India	International Development News, Breaking News, Opinion and Analysis - Devdiscourse
India	Operation Cyber Slaves: India Today exposes ruthless cybercrime syndicates \| Top focus on Rahul Kanwal's show	MSN
Indonesia	Indonesia's AC Ventures & PwC Indonesia release Cybersecurity Playbook for private sector amid rising digital threats	TNGlobal
Interpol	Interpol and South Korea lead operation, arresting over 5,500 cybercrime suspects	DigWatch
Jamaica	MOCA arrests six suspects in multi-million-dollar cybercrime probe	Loop Jamaica News
Kenya	How Kenya emerged as leading cybercrime hotspot in Africa	The Standard - Kenya & World News \| Latest and Breaking news
Malaysia	Malaysia lost over RM1.22b to cybercrime from January to October 2024 — PM	The Edge Malaysia - Make Better Decisions
Malaysia	CyberSecurity Malaysia has resolved 164 email scam cases, says minister	The Star \| Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News
The Netherlands/Ukraine	Netherlands allocates additional EUR 22M to Ukraine for air defense, cybersecurity	Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
The Netherlands	Cybercrime in the Netherlands tripled since 2019	Euractiv
The Netherlands	NCSC publishes update on law transposing NIS 2 Directiv	DataGuidance
North Korea	Is North Korea the superpower in cyberattacks?	Latest News, Breaking News Today - Entertainment, Cricket, Business, Politics - India Today
North Korea	North Korean hackers expand social engineering operation to IT firms: Report	Coin Telegraph
Pakistan	Cybercrime Amendment Bill proposes five-year imprisonment for spreading fake news	Dunya News - Latest News, Pakistan News, World News, Sports News and Videos
Paraguay	US-Paraguay Strengthen Cybersecurity, Foil China-State Espionage Threat	Diálogo Americas
Romania	‘Aggressive' Russian cyber attacks boosted Romania's pro-Moscow presidential candidate	France24
Russia	Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI's most wanted list	The Edge (Malaysia)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Commissioner of Police Unveils Strategies to Combat Gun Violence	St Vincent Times - St Vincent news, 784 news, SVG news, News on St Vincent
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	SVG Police Makes Major Arrests in Cybercrime Crackdown	St Vincent Times - St Vincent news, 784 news, SVG news, News on St Vincent
Thailand	Thai police crackdown on shell companies linked to cybercrime networks	BERNAMA - Malaysian National News Agency
Thailand	Elderly American recovers $50K after Microsoft Support Scam Arrest in Thailand	Khaosod (English)
United Kingdom	‘Russia can turn the lights off’: how the UK is preparing for cyberwar	The Guardian
United Kingdom	UK underestimates threat of cyber-attacks from hostile states and gangs, says security chief	The Guardian
United Kingdom	Russian money laundering networks uncovered linking narco traffickers, ransomware gangs and Kremlin spies	Cyber Security News \| The Record from Recorded Future News
United Kingdom	Russia plotting to use AI to enhance cyber-attacks against UK, minister will warn	The Guardian
United Kingdom	Data from hospital cyber attack ‘could be released before NHS can investigate’	The Independent
United Kingdom	The Wiretap: AI Is Already Supercharging Cyberattacks, Warns Government Minister	Forbes
United Kingdom	Cyberattack targets UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), leaking hundreds of employee credentials	Teiss
United Kingdom	British telecoms giant BT confirms attempted cyberattack after ransomware gang claims hack	Cyber Security News \| The Record from Recorded Future News
United Kingdom	Three more hospitals hit by cyber attack	BBC
United Kingdom	Brit investigators smash Russian networks that helped hide billions in drugs, ransomware and spying operations	Sky News
United Kingdom	Ransomware gang claims Deloitte UK	Cybernews
United Nations	UN cybercrime treaty faces uncertain future under Trump	Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)
United Nations	Senior Police and Prosecutors from South-Eastern Europe Come Together to Discuss Challenges and Share Best Practices in Preventing and Combating Cybercrime	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United States	U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack	NBC News
United States	How to make sure texts and calls are encrypted after the FBI's security warning about Chinese hackers	NBC News
United States	Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI, hit with Iranian cyberattack, sources say	ABC7 News - KGO Bay Area and San Francisco News
United States	News Wrap: U.S. unsure of true scope of China’s cyberattack on communication firms	PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
United States	Vodka maker Stoli says August ransomware attack contributed to bankruptcy filing	Cyber Security News \| The Record from Recorded Future News
United States	Insider fraud and AI threats top forecasts of 2025 cybercrime	American Banker
United States	He was a cybercrime journalist. Now he’s taking on the bad guys himself.	The Baltimore Banner
United States	Data on 760K workers from Xerox, Nokia, BofA, Morgan Stanley and more dumped online	The Register
United States	SEC settles with ICBC unit over ransomware attack, imposes no fine	reuters.com
United States	Authorities tighten net on Scattered Spider cybercrime group	Next.io

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Cybercrime - Weekly Update - December 2024