extortion scam
Poor Grammar Makes For a Poor Extortion Campaign; ’You Under Attack‘ Pay Us ’Before Make Drama’
Bitdefender Antispam Lab spotted an amusing extortion campaign yesterday. While many extortion scams use petty scare tactics to fool recipients into paying up, you can’t be worried if you don’t understand the ...
Data Breach: Bundle of Dating Apps Leaking Sensitive Information Discovered
Three misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets leaking highly sensitive information from multiple dating apps and websites were discovered by vpnMentor researchers on May 25. According to a report published June ...
FBI warns extortion scams are on the rise amid stay-at-home orders
Amid the coronavirus lockdown and social distancing measures, cybercriminals have found new ways to continue their attacks against consumers worldwide. Making a quick buck has always been the top priority, so as ...
Pay me or I’ll cough: Bad actors bully email recipients with new Covid-19 extortion scam
Cyber criminals hit a new low this month, proving once again that they’ll go to any lengths to extort their victims. This time around, it’s not just about ruining your reputation and ...
Extortionists demand millions from Liberty; threaten to release ‘sensitive data’ of ‘top clients’
Ransomware and extortion aren’t going away in 2018. A group of hackers has threatened financial services provider Liberty with the leak of “top client” data if they refuse to pay a ransom ...
