Collaborate Disseminate
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
By Sudais Asif
The new Coronavirus extortion scam asks for $4000 in Bitcoin or scammers will infect the victim’s family with the virus.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Coronavirus extortion scam threatens to infect victim’… Continue reading Coronavirus extortion scam threatens to infect victim’s family
The app says it will notify you of coronavirus cases… but in fact it locks up your phone and sextorts you for money at the same time Continue reading Android malware uses coronavirus for sextortion and ransomware combo
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 hackers. In an interesting twist, ransom… Continue reading IT Admins Allegedly Offer Hackers ‘Naked Photos of Boss’s Secretary’ in Exchange for Ransomware Decryption Keys
By Deeba Ahmed
Hackers are using supposed nude photos of a friend’s girlfriend in the latest sextortion scam – Here’s what’s happening…
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Friend’s girlfriend sextortion scam infects PCs wit… Continue reading Friend’s girlfriend sextortion scam infects PCs with Raccoon malware
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