Cybercrime, how the EUROPOL themed sextortion scam works
Cybersecurity Researcher and Malware Hunter JAMESWT pretended to fall into the trap, discovering how it works and where the blackmail money goes.
Cybercrime, first trawling sextortion phishing scam of 2022
The lure is always the hacker who stolen compromising content about the user who watched porn movies. The scam is harmless if you don’t pay.
Cybercrime, LGBTQ+ community targeted by romance scams
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Scammers threaten to share conversation and photos with friends, family, or employer if the victim doesn’t pay.
Cybercrime, new global sextortion scam campaign
The bait is always the same: the data and a video on the victim watching porn sites, which will not be published if a ransom is paid. It is all false.
Cybercrime, Phorpiex is back as the most prevalent malware
CheckPoint cybersecurity experts: The botnet is distributing the Avaddon ransomware as a RaaS, and threat actors are recruiting affiliates.
Cybercrime, sextortion attempt exploits the coronavirus bait
Cyber security experts: The obligation to stay home for COVID-19 and the offer of free access to porn sites are driving the phishing campaign. Like the others, however, it is a scam.
Cybercrime, new attack on online porn: webcam model data stolen
VpnMentor cyber security expertsr: 20 Giga data leak for PussyCash and its network all over the world, including Italy. In the past PornHub and Xvideos had been targeted.
Cybercrime: PsiXBot malware has evolved with a Porn Module
Proofpoint cyber security experts: The new feature allows attackers to capture audio-video on the infected machine if a window match pornography-related keywords. It’s used for sextortion.
Varenyky, a new spambot for sextortion scam campaigns in France
ESET cyber security experts: The malware targets people when they are using sites related to sex, pornography, and known pornographic sites. It excludes not French and it’s evolving.
Cyber Security, GandCrab will be closed at the end of the month
Bleeping Computer: The ransomware authors, that hit also Italy, announced the end of the operations thanks to huge profits. The malware distribution will be stopped within 20 days.