Collaborate Disseminate
Why might Russian EV chargers be displaying an anti-Putin message? Why are Telegram groups sharing sharing explicit images of women without their consent? And who is watching you in the workplace?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest ed… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #264: Hacked car chargers, Telegram sextortionists, and secret bossware
Latest episode – listen now! Continue reading S3 Ep71: VMware escapes, PHP holes, WP plugin woes, and scary scams [Podcast + Transcript]
You’d spot this one a mile away… but what about your friends or family? Continue reading French speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links
Hackers and creeps extorted $8 million from Americans over the first seven months of the year by threatening to publish sexual images unless victims paid a fee, according to figures from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI bulletin published Thursday confirms what many cybercrime researchers may have already feared: Sextortion scams are prevalent, and profitable. More than 16,000 victims reported their issues to the FBI, with nearly half of the complaints coming from people between 20 and 39 years old. The 16,000 complaints almost certainly represent a fraction of the true figure, as victims of sex-related crimes often choose not to report issues to the police for a variety of reasons, including fears of retaliation or a belief that authorities won’t help resolve the issue. The bureau reports that the number of complaints in 2021 marks a “large increase,” though the precise size of the uptick remains unclear. The […]
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Amid an exponential increase in online fraud, an INTERPOL-coordinated operation codenamed HAECHI-I mobilized more than 40 specialized law enforcement officers across the Asia Pacific region. Over six months of coordinated intelligence collection and jo… Continue reading Operation HAECHI-I intercepts $83M in online financial crimes
World-chess-champion-turned-activist Garry Kasparov returns to the show as we discuss a romance scammer with plenty of time on his hands, the surge in sextortion, and how social media is being swamped with claims of fake snow.
All this and much much… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #216: Playboy, prison, and digital ploys – with Garry Kasparov
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 companies say have played a major role in facilitating the trade and often lucrative resale of compromised, highly sought-after usernames. Continue reading Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts
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.
The post Troy Hunt Flags Up ‘Sensational’ Sextortion Bug in Grindr appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Continue reading Troy Hunt Flags Up ‘Sensational’ Sextortion Bug in Grindr
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… Continue reading Sextortionists Using Social Engineering Tactics to Collect Victims’ Data
Sextortion again – but with “we hacked your website and stole all your data” instead of “we hacked your webcam and made a video”. Continue reading You’ve heard of sextortion – now there’s “breachstortion”, too