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EFF on the UN Cybercrime Treaty

Schneier on Security

EFF has a good explainer on the problems with the new UN Cybercrime Treaty, currently being negotiated in Vienna. Cybercrime Treaty is necessary, we’ve been closely scrutinizing the process and providing constructive analysis.

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Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

Krebs on Security

But new research suggests that as cybercrime has become dominated by pay-for-service offerings, the vast majority of day-to-day activity needed to support these enterprises is in fact mind-numbingly boring and tedious, and that highlighting this reality may be a far more effective way combat cybercrime and steer offenders toward a better path.

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KrebsOnSecurity in New Netflix Series on Cybercrime

Krebs on Security

They didn’t specify what additional topics the series would scrutinize, but Netflix’s teaser for the show suggests it concerns cybercrimes that result in deadly, real-world kinetic attacks. “Conspiracy. Murder,” reads the Netflix short description for the series.

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Nigerian Police dismantle cybercrime recruitment, mentoring hub

Bleeping Computer

The Nigerian Police Form has arrested six suspects and dismantled a mentoring hub linked to cybercrime activities, including business email compromise, romance, and investment scams. [.]

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Nigerian Cybercrime Hub Shut Down With 6 Arrests

Dark Reading

The cybercrime recruitment and mentoring hub conducted a variety of cybercrimes including business email compromise.

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Cybercrime will cost Germany $224 billion in 2023

Security Affairs

Cybercrime will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023, German digital association Bitkom told Reuters. According to the German digital association Bitkom, cybercrime will have a worrisome impact on the economy of the state in 2023.

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Single Sign On and the Cybercrime Ecosystem

Bleeping Computer

Learn more from Flare about this cybercrime ecosystem. [.] One of the trends driving an increase is the compromise of enterprise single sign on (SSO) applications are info-stealer malware attacks.