April 11, 2023

Attention gamers! Motherboard maker MSI admits to breach, issues “rogue firmware” alert

Stealing private keys is like getting hold of a medieval monarch's personal signet ring... you get to put an official seal on treasonous material.

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June 26, 2020

REvil gang threaten to auction celebrity data from Mariah Carey, Lebron James, MTV and more

The ransomware gang is threatening to auction celebrities' legal documents stolen from the law firm it paralyzed in May.

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May 06, 2020

Adult live-streaming site CAM4 leaks millions of emails, private chats

The leak exposed millions of records with full names, emails, user conversations, payment logs, and IP addresses dating back to March.

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April 10, 2020

Sextortion emails and porn scams are back – don’t let them scare you!

There is no video and the whole thing is a scam to prey on your fears.

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October 14, 2019

Hacker wants $300 for 250,000 records stolen from sex worker site

In spite of prostitution being legal in the Netherlands, this could lead to the same type of blackmail attempts/suicide from Ashley Madison.

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August 09, 2019

Blackmailed for Bitcoin – exchange rebuffs $3.5m ransom demand

Here's a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.

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May 09, 2019

Sextortion mail from yourself? It doesn’t mean you’ve been hacked…

Here's a 30-second video you can show your friends and family if they freak out after receiving a scam email apparently from themselves...

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March 15, 2019

Sextortion – what’s new, and what to do [VIDEO]

Share this video with your less tech-savvy friends and family to set their minds at rest about sextortion.

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January 19, 2018

“Give me a job or else!” approach fails to land IT job

Sending an application letter to your prospective employer is a good idea, an extortion letter, not so much

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