In the never-ending cat-and-mouse game between the law and the (r)evolution of technologies there always seems to be new mice around. Botnet attacks, phishing, social networks, Voice over Internet Protocols (VoIPs) and geo-locative software are posing new menaces that were unknown, or largely underestimated, only few years ago. Although technology neutral, the legislation should, to the extent possible, respond to these constantly changing trends and threats. This article focuses on the European Union's new approach to fight cybercrime giving a preliminary assessment of the new proposal for a Directive on attacks against information systems, intended to replace the 2005 Framework Decision. The article also explores the establishment of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) by 2013 and its key features.

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This paper offers an overview of the current challenges posed by cybercrime. It briefly chronicles the main European Union initiatives launched with the aim of combating this phenomenon during the past decade and it focuses on the need for systematic and basic training regarding cybercrime for European Union judges and prosecutors. The analysis ultimately proposes the launch of "European cybercrime training schemes" to provide to the largest possible number of European Union judges and prosecutors the basic skills necessary to cope with internet-related offences.

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