Collaborate Disseminate
The group, along with others, targeted thousands of victims across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, prosecutors allege.
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An old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of recipients pleasuring themselves, now include a photo of the target’s home in a bid to make threats about publishing the videos more frightening and convincing. Continue reading Sextortion Scams Now Include Photos of Your Home
When it comes to the cyber threat landscape, change is the only constant: the inevitable interplay between cybercriminals and law enforcement agencies makes it inevitable. Europol’s recently released Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IO… Continue reading The changes in the cyber threat landscape in the last 12 months
It’s no surprise that cyber criminals target high-profile individuals or those with access privilege. Malicious actors often use social engineering and whale phishing attacks against these people to breach systems. But households and family members of company executives may also be the target of cyberattacks. In some cases, such as sextortion attempts, criminals demand monetary […]
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Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to hand over his WhatsApp messages – or does he? And a couple of fun-loving girls from Aberdeen have come up with a sinister twist on sextortion scams.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition o… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #331: Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps, and sextorting party girls
Threat landscape trends demonstrate the impressive flexibility of cybercriminals as they continually seek out fresh methods of attack, including exploiting vulnerabilities, gaining unauthorized access, compromising sensitive information, and defrauding… Continue reading Same code, different ransomware? Leaks kick-start myriad of new variants
Sextortion victims are already in a vulnerable position, and shady companies are taking advantage of this vulnerability to offer “sextortion assistance” services for huge sums – services that they may be unable to render or that won&#… Continue reading Beware of companies offering paid sextortion assistance
What is slushygate and how does it link to sextortion in the States? What is the most impersonated brand when it comes to delivering phishing emails? And what the flip is nano-targeting?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #295: Slushygate, sextortion, and nano-targeting
A former officer at Louisville Metro Police has admitted his part in a conspiracy that stalked and extorted young women online, breaking into their Snapchat accounts in order to steal their naked photos and videos.
Read more in my article on the Hot… Continue reading Ex-cop abused police tool in Snapshot sextortion plot that stole sexually explicit photos and videos
By Deeba Ahmed
Interpol has confirmed the dismantling of a transnational sextortion gang that raked in a whopping $47,000 from dozens of victims.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 12 Arrested as Interpol Takes Down Transnational … Continue reading 12 Arrested as Interpol Takes Down Transnational Sextortion Ring