Categories: 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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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Privacy Tags: Snapchat Tags: Bryan Wilson Tags: LMPD Tags: Louisville Metropolitan Police Department Tags: cyberstalking Tags: sextortion Details of a cyberstalking and sextortion case involving a former cop and his Snapchat victims have come to light. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: interpol Tags: sextortion Tags: mobile malware Tags: extortion In an international police action supported by Interpol, law enforcement agencies have uncovered and dismantled an international sextortion ring. |
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The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:14:53 +0000
A college student fell victim to a Snapchat sextortion scheme. With a friend’s help, she ‘hacked back’ and sent him to jail.
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