Collaborate Disseminate
Cyber thieves are putting up for sale on a public website more than two dozen SQL databases of e-commerce platforms from across the globe. The unnamed hackers breached unsecure servers of multiple online shops, copied their content and left a ransom no… Continue reading Extortion Campaign Targeting Online Shops Threatens to Sell Customer Database Unless Ransom is Paid
Someone has published the decryption key for the third layer of allegedly 9/11-linked documents from The Dark Overlord hacking group. Continue reading A Decryption Key for Law Firm Emails in Hacked 9/11 Files Has Been Released
Leaked internal documents and stories from influencers show that Instagram has an influencer-hacking problem. Continue reading Hacked Instagram Influencers Rely on White-Hat Hackers to Get Their Accounts Back
After apparently raising thousands of dollars through a crowdfunding effort, The Dark Overlord have decrypted a set of the 9/11 attack connected litigation documents. Continue reading The Dark Overlord Decrypts More 9/11 Insurance Files
The Dark Overlord appears to be trying to capitalize on conspiracy theories about the September 11 attacks. Continue reading Hackers Threaten to Dump Insurance Files Related to 9/11 Attacks
Hackers have hijacked the accounts of at least four high profile Instagrammers recently, locking them out and demanding a bitcoin ransom. But Instagram is silent. Continue reading Hackers Are Holding High Profile Instagram Accounts Hostage
Mat Gangwer, CTO, and Tom Gorup, Security Operations Lead, at Rook Security talk to Mike Mimoso about the aggressive rise in online extortion and how it threatens not only data but physical safety. Continue reading Rook Security on Online Extortion
Mat Gangwer, CTO, and Tom Gorup, Security Operations Lead, at Rook Security talk to Mike Mimoso about the aggressive rise in online extortion and how it threatens not only data but physical safety. Continue reading Rook Security on Online Extortion
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| When we talk about online extortion, nowadays what comes to mind is ransomware, thanks to reports of new strains found almost every day of the week. For some, it may be scams—from online dating, to loan, to 419 fraud. For others, some examples may be hijacked accounts, sextortion, DDoS attacks, and data theft. These past few weeks, we have been introduced to a new type of digital extortion that, as some security experts claim, is currently on the rise: bug poaching.
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