“You pervert, I recorded you!” sextortion emails include real passwords harvested from public temporary email inboxes ...

A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even swatting executives and ...

A report published by Barracuda Networks warns that sextortion attacks are getting even more personal and payment demands have increased ...

Fake Pr0n Hint: Sextortionists stealing your innocent pictures to make AI nudes ...

Extortion, and especially “sextortion” emails, are becoming more frequent, and they can be extremely alarming when received. Such emails work by using threats to extort money, evoking intense fear. This type of ...

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms. The coordinated action seized hundreds of accounts the ...

Grindr, the popular dating app, had a ridiculous bug in its password-recovery flow. To make matters worse, Grindr ignored the bug for a week ...

Security researchers observed sextortionists leveraging social engineering techniques to steal their victims’ personal information. SANS’ Internet Storm Center (ISC) discovered that sextortionists had begun creating profiles for young women on dating websites ...

The infamous ransomware operatives known as the Maze Team have issued a “press release” condemning IT administrators who tried to use bribery to cover up their failure to protect their employers from ...

Last summer, a wave of sextortion emails began flooding inboxes around the world. The spammers behind this scheme claimed they'd hacked your computer and recorded videos of you watching porn, and promised ...