#Cybercrime

Hackers targeting Australia’s major pension funds in a series of coordinated attacks have stolen savings from some members at the biggest fund, according to a source with knowledge of ...

The police cybercrime unit on Wednesday, with the aid of Interpol, is continuing to investigate bomb threats sent to two hotels and a hospital overnight. Interpol is involved in the ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Monday called on parliament to pass a bill which would criminalise what he called “reprehensible behaviour” on the internet. Speaking at a lecture at the University ...

A 39-year-old man wanted for crimes in Germany and Israel is to appear before court on Wednesday to commence his extradition process. According to the police, the man was arrested ...

One in four children in Cyprus has said they are victims of bullying in schools and online, a study has found according to non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope For Children on ...

Lockbit, a notorious cybercrime gang that holds its victims’ data to ransom, has been disrupted in a rare international law enforcement operation, the gang and U.S. and UK authorities ...

Incidents of cybercrime were the leading cause of calls to the police’s 1480 cyber safety helpline during the last three months of 2023, according to the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (Pik). Pik’...

A 36-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days in Larnaca on Thursday after allegedly being in possession of child pornography. The man was arrested on the same day ...

The junior ministry of research and innovation has no staff in place to prevent a cyberattack, it emerged on Thursday at the House audit committee. The statements came from the ...

Police issued a warning over text message scams on Saturday after a 50-year-old man lost almost €25,000 from his bank account. The Nicosia resident reported to the police on Friday that ...

The police cybercrime unit on Tuesday warned of a new SMS scam after a Nicosia resident reported that €23,000 was stolen from his bank account. The complainant told police that on ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favour of the retention of the IP addresses of internet users for the purpose of investigating internet crime. According to a statement from ...

For the second day in a row, police urged businesses to pay extra attention to their online accounts and transactions after releasing a statement regarding a Limassol-based company finding out ...

Police on Sunday urged the public and businesses to be very cautious in online commercial transactions after a Limassol business lost €48,000 during a bank transfer. CID is investigating the fraud ...

Last year the police investigated more than 550 cases of cybercrime, and participated in major international anti-cybercrime operations such as the SSNDOB in cooperation with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...

Police were on Friday investigating another case of online fraud in involving loss of thousands of euros. According to a police statement, the 36-year-old manager of a Limassol-based social media ...

The police cybercrime unit has issued a warning that suspicious password hacking messages continue on social media, particularly Instagram. Specifically, users receive a message from a person they know on ...

The digital security authority issued online safety advice to businesses on Monday, citing a Eurobarometer report that showed more small and medium sized (SMEs) establishments in Cyprus fell victim to ...

An Austrian firm which Microsoft said created malicious software that was detected on the computer systems of some of its clients in at least three countries has said its spying ...

By Chrysanthos Christophorou One of my most recently published articles dealt with cybercrime and its rapid expansion in recent times. The article provided an overview of the relevant legal framework ...

Police have warned that they have received a number of complaints from internet users about breaches on Instagram. The cybercrime unit calls on the public to be especially careful after ...

A woman in Limassol has filed a complaint with police that she was the victim of an alleged online scam after €27,129 was stolen from her bank account. The woman told ...

The police cybercrime unit is investigating reports of death threats made against Zoe Dorothea Pana, one of the government’s coronavirus advisors. The alleged death threat was reportedly sent to ...

Cybersecurity is a major global challenge, so how prepared are we? Two major cyberattacks and another two attempted ones – all on government systems – have hit Cyprus in the last three ...