Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:45:49 +0000
An old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of recipients pleasuring themselves, now include a photo of the target’s home in a bid to make threats about publishing the videos more frightening and convincing.
Read more” Hello pervert” sextortion mails keep adding new features to their email to increase credibility and urge victims to pay
Read moreCredit to Author: Ayush Puri| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:28:54 +0000
What is Sextortion? Sextortion is a scam via email or any other medium to blackmail the victim and…
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Read moreMeta has taken down a whopping number of Instagram accounts directly involved in sextortion and more accounts aimed at training scammers
Read moreFinancially motivated sextortion of teenage boys is the fastest-growing global cybercrime, according to the FBI and Homeland Security.
Read moreCategories: Personal Tags: app Tags: finance Tags: india Tags: loan Tags: rogue Tags: Apple Store Tags: play store Tags: google Tags: threaten Tags: blackmail Tags: sextortion Tags: fake Tags: deepfake Tags: deepfakes Tags: morph Multiple finance apps have been removed from the App Store after making dubious charges and issuing blackmail threats and other awful behavior. |
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Read moreCategories: Personal Tags: sextortion Tags: deepfake Tags: FBI Tags: blackmail Tags: extortion Tags: fake Tags: fakes Tags: synthetic We take a look at some new developments in sextortion cases via a warning issued by the FBI. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Lock and Code S04E09 Tags: Bennett Cyphers Tags: Apple vulnerability Tags: phone charging station Tags: FBI Tags: Yum! Brands Tags: KFC Tags: Pizza Hut Tags: Patch Tuesday Tags: sextortion Tags: malvertising Tags: Weebly Tags: AI Tags: virtual kidnapping Tags: ransomware review Tags: ransomware in the UK Tags: ransomware in France The most interesting security related news from the week of April 10 – 16. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: FBI Tags: extortion Tags: sextortion Tags: crime Tags: criminal Tags: nude Tags: nudes Tags: photographs Tags: images Tags: video Tags: photo Tags: scam Tags: payment Tags: profit Tags: assistance Tags: help We take a look at an FBI warning regarding for-profit entities making money from people targeted by sextortion attacks. |
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