Conference Description
Key Takeaways
- The 21st annual APWG eCrime symposium brings together cybersecurity researchers, law enforcement, government agencies, and academics to address emerging cybercrime threats.
- Core topics include software supply chain attacks, phishing, ransomware, AI in cybercrime and defense, and the emergence of cybercriminal states.
- The programme combines peer-reviewed research presentations, training sessions, policy roundtables, and collaborative workshops.
- Sector-specific coverage spans finance, healthcare, e-commerce, and energy industries.
About the Event
APWG eCrime 2026 is the 21st annual Symposium on Electronic Crime Research, taking place in Lisbon as an in-person, multi-day event. The symposium serves as a meeting point for professionals from industry, law enforcement, government, NGOs, and academia working on cybercrime research and countermeasures. The format includes peer-reviewed research presentations, training sessions, a chalk talk for demonstrations and works in progress, policy roundtables, and networking dinners.
Cybercrime Threats and Technical Focus
The symposium addresses a broad range of cybercrime threats including phishing, fraud, ransomware, supply chain attacks, social engineering, and cyber-physical system abuse. Sessions examine the role of artificial intelligence in both offensive cybercrime operations and defensive applications. Training tracks cover threat modeling, adversary modeling, phishing investigation, and API integration. Additional technical discussions explore cybercrime measurement, attribution methodologies, and risk modeling approaches.
Policy and Internet Governance
Policy roundtables address the regulatory landscape surrounding cybercrime, including the role of hyperscale infrastructure providers such as AWS, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Cloudflare, and Akamai. Discussions also consider AI reasoning platforms in the context of cybercrime policy. The symposium aims to bridge the gap between cybercrime research and evolving policy frameworks.
Who Should Attend
The event is designed for cybersecurity researchers and practitioners, law enforcement and government cybercrime units, policy makers and regulators, security operations and threat intelligence professionals, academics in computer science and criminology, CISOs and technical leads, and NGOs focused on cyber safety. Sponsors include Verisign, Amazon, Hitachi Systems, and Aegis AI.