Collaborate Disseminate
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 scammer’s e-mail. Even though the subject o… Continue reading Poor Grammar Makes For a Poor Extortion Campaign; ’You Under Attack‘ Pay Us ’Before Make Drama’
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 16, the S3 buckets contained 8… Continue reading Data Breach: Bundle of Dating Apps Leaking Sensitive Information Discovered
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 we all turn to our Internet-enabled devi… Continue reading FBI warns extortion scams are on the rise amid stay-at-home orders
A new extortion attack has targeted hundreds of users affected by the Ashley Madison breach over the past week. Continue reading Ashley Madison Breach Extortion Scam Targets Hundreds
“I will insult people. And everyone will not care that it’s not you.” But it’s social-disaster baloney! Continue reading It’s a SCAM: Send Bitcoin or your company’s reputation is TOAST!
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. Parent company Liberty Holdings posted a noti… Continue reading Extortionists demand millions from Liberty; threaten to release ‘sensitive data’ of ‘top clients’