Music giant Yamaha’s Canadian division has experienced a compromise on two different fronts, both related to ransomware. In an attack which…
Tag: extortion
Ransomware making big money through “big game hunting”
Ransomware generates big money for the groups behind it, with new research confirming (some) of the scale of the problem. Chainalysis,…
Warning: Victims’ faces placed on explicit images in sextortion scam
The FBI has issued a warning about criminals digitally manipulating people’s faces on to pornographic images—known as deepfaking—and then using those images to…
Sextortion “assistance” scammers con victims further
The FBI is warning of a particular aspect of sextortion scams: Supposed organisations that offer “help” to remove stolen images, often at…
“ViLE” members posed as police officers and extorted victims
Two men have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions after they allegedly extorted victims by threatening to…
Arrested: Fearmongering data thieves who victimized thousands of businesses
The Dutch police have announced the arrest of three more suspects in one of the biggest data extortion cases to date….
The rise of multi-threat ransomware
Today we have a ten minute YouTube expedition into the murky world of ransomware. In the video, “The rise of multi-threat ransomware”…
Play ransomware group claims to have stolen hotel chain data
H-Hotels, a large hospitality chain with 60 hotels across several countries including Germany and Switzerland has announced it has fallen victim…
Scammers threaten businesses with “total reputation damage”
Email extortion is the name of the game for an unpleasant scam currently in circulation. These mails claim that your data…
Ransomware-affected school district refuses to pay, gets stolen data released
Data stolen from Los Angeles Unified School District has been leaked online, after staff refused to pay the ransom related to a…