sextortion
Troy Hunt Flags Up ‘Sensational’ Sextortion Bug in Grindr
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 ...
Sextortionists Using Social Engineering Tactics to Collect Victims’ Data
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 ...
IT Admins Allegedly Offer Hackers ‘Naked Photos of Boss’s Secretary’ in Exchange for Ransomware Decryption Keys
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 ...
Nuclear Bot Author Arrested in Sextortion Case
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 ...
Five Emails you don’t want in your Inbox
Phishing attacks are the most common form of cyber attack. Why? The simplicity of email gives cybercriminals an easy route in, allowing them to reach users directly with no defensive barriers, to ...
Phishing Attacks remains a popular Money-Spinner for Cyber Criminals
F5 Labs’ latest Phishing and Fraud Report reveals that phishing continues to be one of the most prevalent ways cybercriminals are breaching data and making money in 2019.Over the years, phishing has ...
New Sextortion Scam Uses Alternative Cryptocurrencies to Evade Detection
A new sextortion scam variant is using a wallet for a cryptocurrency other than bitcoin in an attempt to evade detection. On October 8, Cofense revealed it had detected a modified sextortion ...
Protecting Against Spear Phishing Attacks: A Guide
As security practices evolve, cybercriminals are finding new methods to carry out their attacks. Using highly personalized email attacks, carefully designed spear phishing attacks are being used to steal sensitive information such ...
Email blackmailer threatens to have your website blocked forever
If it wasn’t bad enough extortionists threatening to release sex videos of you, or claiming you were a member of an adultery website, or that your name has been mentioned as part ...
New Sextortion Scam Tries to Scare Users with Fake CIA Investigation
Extortionists have launched a new sextortion scam campaign that leverages a fake Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) investigation to try to scare users. In an email I obtained from a wary user, the ...
