The Pre-Attack Economy: How Ransomware Begins Before Encryption
When people think about ransomware, they often imagine encrypted systems, ransom notes, and operational shutdowns. However, modern ransomware attacks begin…
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Privacy-Preserving Cybersecurity with Federated Learning
The large-scale exploitation of data has become essential in cybersecurity to detect malicious behaviors, anticipate attacks, and improve defensive capabilities….
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Hawala and cybercriminality: from threshold-based detection to machine learning – and the structural limits of observing relationalsystems
Debt, compensation, coordination – why improving the observation of flows does not reveal relational structures 1. Detection through observable flows…
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Detection of money laundering
Current limitations, the promise of artificial intelligence, and the challenges of modelling human expertise Increasing legal and regulatory requirements in…
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Professionalisation and Structuring of Money Laundering Networks
Evolutions in the Money Laundering Market (2013–2024): Analysis of Supply, Intermediation, and Competitive Dynamics Money laundering constitutes a fundamental component…
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Ransomware – Follow the Threat Actor
The CyberPeace Institute is pleased to announce its participation in the ENSEMBLE (Enhanced AI-based cybercrime-oriented collaborative investigation technologies and capabilities) European Horizon Project. This…
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How Personal Relationships Structure Money Laundering
Management Strategy, Vertical Integration, and Geographical Concentration of Money Laundering in Drug-Consuming Countries The article by Aili Malm and Gisela…
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From raw data to Intelligence Picture: Why correlation matters more than detection
Detecting cybercrime-related activity is no longer the hard part. Today, many tools can flag ransomware samples, identify phishing campaigns, spot…
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Kleptocrats and money laundering: mechanisms of financial concealment and reputation management
Financial Concealment and the Construction of a Positive Public Image The triad of corruption, money laundering, and cyber enablers is…
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Building Reliable Sector Classification for Ransomware Victims: Why Methodology Matters
Enriching data for Cyber Threat Intelligence is essential for understanding trends, assessing risk, and supporting strategic decision-making. Among the many…
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Cybercrime: A Functional Extension of Transnational Criminal Economies
Cybercrime is frequently portrayed as an unprecedented phenomenon driven by technological innovation and the digitisation of exchanges. However, framing it…
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Combatting Malware with Ensemble’s first Serious Game
Every October, European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) places a spotlight on the importance of staying safe in our increasingly online…
