0n 12th June 2025, Europol published IOCTA 2025. The theme of the publication (as evident from the title of publication on Europol website) is how cybercriminals trade and exploit your data by stealing, dealing and repeating.
Though the report and its findings will read to be familiar with most of the senior FinCrime professionals, however the key takeaway or the learning is some interesting words to be added to one’s FinCrime dictionary as well as reading on some of the modus-operandi followed by cybercriminals to steal the data and leverage it.
Following are interesting takeaways for the FinCrime Professionals.
– Interesting Insights into Criminal-As-a- Service (CaaS)
– The three ways of data exploitation, i.e., data as target, data as means and data as commodity
– Wider adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) and other forms of generative artificial intelligence by cybercriminals
– Role of Initial Access Brokers (IABs) in the thriving of criminal ecosystem
– Increased usage of End-to-End encrypted communication apps for negotiation and conducting sales
– New FinCrime Dictionary terms – Doxxing, Initial Access Brokers (IABs), Infostealers – a category of Malware, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Poisoning, Clickfix technique for stealing data, Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack for exploiting system vulnerabilities
The list of interesting takeaways is long. Read the full assessment for further insights on the URL – https://lnkd.in/dmY374M7
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