The recent adoption of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime and its signature by 72 countries in October 2025, highlights the need to strenghten capacity building and technical assistance. To this end, he EU is funding 12 active projects focused on combatting cybercrime.
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The Convention aims to prevent and combat cybercrime and strengthen international cooperation. It ensures that human rights and fundamental freedoms are effectively safeguarded in its application, including the rights to the protection of personal data and privacy.
The new UN Cybercrime Convention will strengthen cooperation in fighting cybercrime including with countries that are currently not parties to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, limiting the possibilities for cybercriminals to benefit from safe havens.
The new UN Cybercrime Convention will strengthen cooperation in fighting cybercrime including with countries that are currently not parties to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, limiting the possibilities for cybercriminals to benefit from safe havens.
The 2025 IOCTA report shows that organised crime has continued to evolve at an unprecedented pace in the past year. The rapid adoption of new technologies and the continued expansion of digital infrastructure has further shifted criminal activities to the online domain.
Europol’s cybercrime unit has worked with Microsoft to disrupt Lumma Stealer, the world’s greatest infostealer threat. Earlier this year over 394 000 Windows computers were infected by the Lumma malware, which harvested credentials, financial data, and personal information from its victims.
