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Microsoft 365 Admin portal abused to send sextortion emails
The Microsoft 365 Admin Portal is being abused to send sextortion emails, making the emails appear trustworthy and bypassing email security platforms.
- November 18, 2024
- 07:08 AM
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Sextortion scams now use your "cheating" spouse’s name as a lure
A new variant of the ongoing sextortion email scams is now targeting spouses, saying that their husband or wife is cheating on them, with links to the alleged proof.
- September 07, 2024
- 11:14 AM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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Meta nukes massive Instagram sextortion network of 63,000 accounts
Meta has removed 63,000 Instagram accounts from Nigeria that were involved in sextortion scams, including a coordinated network of 2,500 accounts linked to 20 individuals targeting primarily adult men in the United States.
- July 25, 2024
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Fake YouPorn extortion scam threatens to leak your sex tape
A new sextortion scam is making the rounds that pretends to be an email from the adult site YouPorn, warning that a sexually explicit video of you was uploaded to the site and suggesting you pay to have it taken down.
- September 02, 2023
- 10:12 AM
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Sextortionists are making AI nudes from your social media images
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a rising trend of malicious actors creating deepfake nude content from social media images to perform sextortion attacks.
- June 06, 2023
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FBI warns of companies exploiting sextortion victims for profit
For-profit companies reportedly linked to sextortion activity are targeting victims using various deceptive tactics to pressure them into paying for "assistance" services provided by non-profit agencies and law enforcement for free, the FBI warns.
- April 07, 2023
- 10:37 AM
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Interpol dismantles sextortion ring, warns of increased attacks
A transnational sextortion ring was uncovered and dismantled following a joint investigation between Interpol's cybercrime division and police in Singapore and Hong Kong.
- September 05, 2022
- 01:10 PM
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LGBTQ+ community warned of extortionists abusing dating apps
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned this week of extortion scammers targeting the LGBTQ+ community by abusing online dating apps like Grindr and Feeld.
- June 26, 2022
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FTC warns of extortionists targeting LGBTQ+ community on dating apps
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns of extortion scammers targeting the LGBTQ+ community via online dating apps such as Grindr and Feeld.
- September 13, 2021
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FBI: Spike in sextortion attacks cost victims $8 million this year
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has warned of a massive increase in sextortion complaints since the start of 2021, resulting in total financial losses of more than $8 million until the end of July.
- September 03, 2021
- 07:36 AM
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Lucy malware for Android adds file-encryption for ransomware ops
A threat actor focusing on Android systems has expanded their malware-as-a-service (MaaS) business with file-encrypting capabilities for ransomware operations.
- April 28, 2020
- 07:24 AM
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Large email extortion campaign underway, DON'T PANIC!
A large email extortion campaign is underway telling recipients that their computer was hacked and that a video was taken through the hacked computer's webcam. The attackers then demand $1,900 in bitcoins or the video will be sent to family and friends.
- April 09, 2020
- 07:10 PM
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Extortion Emails Threaten to Infect Your Family With Coronavirus
Sextortion scammers are now also attempting to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic by threatening their victims to infect their family with the SARS-CoV-2 virus besides revealing all their "dirty secrets".
- March 20, 2020
- 04:30 PM
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Malware Spread as Nude Extortion Pics of Friend's Girlfriend
Attackers have recently warped sextortion scams into baits used to infect their targets with Raccoon information stealer malware designed to help steal credentials, credit card information, desktop cryptocurrency wallets, and more.
- March 09, 2020
- 03:43 PM
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Sextortion Emails Sent by Emotet Earn 10 Times More Than Necurs
Sextortion scammers are now targeting potential victims with spam sent to their work emails via the Emotet botnet, a distribution channel 10 times more effective than previous ones according to research published today by IBM X-Force.
- February 13, 2020
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New Nest Video Extortion Scam Plays Out Like a Spy Game
A new sextortion scam that breaks the typical mold has been detected at the beginning of the year. Fraudsters preying on the insecurity of connected devices used footage from Nest cameras, and led victims through a convoluted path of email accounts and web sites before making their ransom price known.
- January 19, 2020
- 11:01 AM
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Sextortion Email Scammers Try New Tactics to Bypass Spam Filters
Sextortion scammers have started to utilize new tactics to bypass spam filters and secure email gateways so that their scam emails are delivered to their intended recipients.
- December 31, 2019
- 12:05 PM
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Blogger and WordPress Sites Hacked to Show Sextortion Scams
Scammers are hacking into WordPress and Blogger sites and using the hacked accounts to create posts stating that the blogger's computer has been hacked and that they were recorded while using adult web sites.
- October 28, 2019
- 04:27 PM
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Malware Uses Your PC to Send 30K Sextortion Emails Per Hour
Sextortion emails stating that your computer was hacked and video was created of you on porn sites have become so common that they are treated simply as another spam. That does not mean, though, that they are not profitable as a new report shows attackers are generating revenue by utilizing infected PCs to do their dirty work.
- October 16, 2019
- 09:04 AM
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'N1ghTm4r3' Scam Threatens to Expose Victims Watching Illegal Porn
A new sextortion scam campaign is aiming for the inboxes of targets from Ireland, with the scammers using fictitious recordings of their victims watching child pornography to scare them into sending payments of £5,000 worth of Bitcoins.
- September 13, 2019
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