Collaborate Disseminate
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
A third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls. Continue reading Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator
SophosLabs worked through five months’ worth of “porn scam” emails and followed the money. Learn what they found… Continue reading Porn scammers making $100,000 a month from sextortion emails
The latest sextortion emails try to fool you with technical terms they hope you won’t understand. Continue reading New sextortion scam: “High level of risk. Your account has been hacked.”
There is no video and the whole thing is a scam to prey on your fears. Continue reading Sextortion emails and porn scams are back – don’t let them scare you!
Blackmailers are threatening to infect your family with Coronavirus, trolls are making Zoom an unsafe place for those of a sensitive disposition, and what is the mysterious Dr Negrin audio message spreading on WhatsApp?
All this and much more is discus… Continue reading Smashing Security #171: WhatsApp hoaxes, Zoombombs, and 8-bit love