Europol-Interpol Cyberconf 2015Lachlan Gunn, EAST Executive Director, and Otto de Jong, Chair of the EAST Expert Group on ATM Fraud (EGAF), attended the Europol-Interpol Cybercrime Conference held at the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) in The Hague.

Presentations on cybercrime threats were given by Europol (introducing the IOCTA 2015), Interpol, the Internet Security Industry and the Financial Sector. The tackling of ATM Malware was covered during this section. EAST has supported Europol with the production of ‘Guidance & recommendations regarding logical attacks on ATMs’.

Law Enforcement representatives from several countries highlighted exiting capabilities to fight cybercrime and an overview of international cooperation frameworks was given by various experts and then discussed by a panel.

Other topics included Cyber Security, fighting the abuse of Virtual Currencies and Cybercrime Evolution in Africa.