Collaborate Disseminate
Scammers steal millions by impersonating a French politician, we offer fashion tips for DDoS attackers, and hear how a small town fought a sextortionist preying on young women.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winn… Continue reading Smashing Security #134: Sextortion, silicone face masks, and a DDoS doofus
Sheesh! At this rate, extortionists are going to have to seek alternate employment. Continue reading Bella Thorne steals hacker’s thunder, publishes nude photos herself
Sheesh! At this rate, extortionists are going to have to seek alternate employment. Continue reading Bella Thorne steals hacker’s thunder, publishes nude photos herself
If it wasn’t bad enough extortionists threatening to release sex videos of you, or claiming you were a member of an adultery website, or that your name has been mentioned as part of an investigation into an international child abuse ring, now bla… Continue reading Email blackmailer threatens to have your website blocked forever
A name-and-shame database is supposed to “save” husbands from wives who have appeared on porn sites. Continue reading Facial recognition used to strip adult industry workers of anonymity
Here’s a 30-second video you can show your friends and family if they freak out after receiving a scam email apparently from themselves… Continue reading Sextortion mail from yourself? It doesn’t mean you’ve been hacked…
Israel strikes back at Hamas’s hacking HQ, a new sextortion email comes with a twist, and Carole saves the world with some help from hacked Roomba vacuum cleaners.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning … Continue reading Smashing Security #127: I do love the Dutch
Extortion has become the second most often reported type of cybercrime, but BEC/EAC scams still reign supreme when it comes to monetary loss (or criminals’ earnings), the latest IC3 Internet Crime Report has revealed. BEC/AEC scams are the most l… Continue reading Latest numbers show why BEC/EAC scams are here to stay
Today we have seen a big change in the plague of Blackmail, Sextortion Scam attempts we have all been seeing over the last few months and even years. The emails will all basically say that he has placed a keylogger on your computer and has evidence o… Continue reading Big change in the plague of Blackmail, Sextortion Scam attempts
Network attacks targeting a vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Chrome extension have increased dramatically. In fact, they were the second-most common network attack, according to WatchGuard Technologies latest Internet Security Report for the last quart… Continue reading 2017 Cisco WebEx flaw increasingly leveraged by attackers, phishing campaigns rise