Spyware is a type of malware difficult to detect. It collects information about your habits and your browsing history or personal information (such as credit card numbers) and often uses the Internet to send this information to third parties without your knowledge. In the context...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 24, 2018--A joint APWG-M 3 AAWG survey of cybercrime responders and anti-abuse personnel indicates ICANN’s Temporary Specification for domain name WHOIS data has eliminated interventions that previously allowed investigators to stop new cybercrimes while still in the preparatory stages...
El pasado martes 13 de octubre de 2018, la Universidad Internacional de Valencia, publicó el artículo "Estado y perspectivas de la ciberseguridad en Europa" escrito por Manel Medina y Pablo López-Aguilar Beltrán. El cibercrimen es una de las preocupaciones más importantes de los gobiernos, sociedades y...
Did you know that phishing is one of the most used attacks by cybercriminals to steal your personal data? In the context of the European Cyber Security Month, APWG.eu, with the support of ENISA, the European Commission and STOP.THINK.CONNECT created an infographic that explains in a very...
The trivial answer is that we do not know how to protect ourselves or do not look as being capable of doing it. This is because cyber-criminals have more offensive resources, than us to prevent and defend ourselves against their attacks. To counteract the attacks, we...
To whom it may concern (please feel free to spread the word): APWG.eu, the European Chapter of APWG, one of the world’s leading working groups against cybercrime, is celebrating its annual symposium (eCrime2018.eu) in Krakow next September 17 through 19. The event will gather a limited number...
Phishing has evolved… and so has the AntiPhishing Working Group Phishing affects everyone, from consumers and enterprises to governments and regulated financial services. The threat has never been greater and is worsened by the increased selective targeting of victims or organizations that have large sums of...
Phishing has long been associated with cybercrimes that use deception – particularly, social engineering – to dupe victims into disclosing personal or financial account data. Once disclosed, these data are then used to perpetrate (financial) fraud. In the past, the deception part of a phishing attack has...