Innovations in Detecting and Disrupting Crime-as-a-Service Operations

Cybercriminals pose a serious threat to our societies by spreading disinformation or malicious software that infects computers. Computer law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and approved entities (CERTs and CSIRTs) are working to combat these growing Crime-as-a-Service (CaaS) operations. The EU-funded SafeHorizon project aims to disrupt CaaS by gathering intelligence from various sources, including internet-facing services, public dumps and leaks, and datasets from law enforcement agencies and security providers. The project will use machine learning to identify correlations and extract evidence for court use. SafeHorizon will actively search for leaks of illegal services, forums, and software to support LEAs. It will deliver user-friendly tools, a monitoring platform, a correlation engine, and datasets and notebooks.