Sextortion again – but with “we hacked your website and stole all your data” instead of “we hacked your webcam and made a video”.
Tag Archives: Cybercrime
What is the dark web? Your questions answered, in plain English
Watch this new video from our YouTube channel – the dark web explained without jargon or judgment.
Warning! Fake Zoom “HR meeting” emails phish for your password
Scammers have turned to employment worries as their latest lure for Zoom phishing scams.
FBI takes down hacker platform Deer.io
It was a top crooks’ market, with over 24,000 shops doing brisk business selling credentials for Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, and more.
Feds shut down bogus COVID-19 vaccine site
A vaccine for $4.95!? Nah, we didn’t think so, either. Shuttering the alleged rip-off site is the DOJ’s 1st takedown of COVID-19 flimflam.
Necurs zombie botnet disrupted by Microsoft
Necurs, one of the world’s biggest botnets, infected over 9 million computers worldwide.
FBI arrests alleged owner of Deer.io, top market for stolen accounts
Started around 2013, the site claims to host over 24,000 active shops doing brisk business in stolen PII and hacking services.
Apple iCloud “data dump” extortionist avoids prison
He claimed to have logins for millions of iCloud accounts, and told Apple he’d shut them all down unless he received a payoff.
Sextortionists return for Christmas – price goes down, threats go up
This follow-up sextortion demand, timed to align with Christmas, has a much more aggressive and menacing tone that last week’s version.
S2 Ep21: Plundervolt, domain name gunfight, Facebook snubs Congress – Naked Security Podcast
Latest podcast episode – listen now!