Meta has taken down a whopping number of Instagram accounts directly involved in sextortion and more accounts aimed at training scammers
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A week in security (June 3 – June 9)
A list of topics we covered in the week of June 3 to June 9 of 2024
Financial sextortion scams on the rise
Financially motivated sextortion of teenage boys is the fastest-growing global cybercrime, according to the FBI and Homeland Security.
Threatening rogue finance apps removed from the Apple Store
Multiple apps have been removed from the App Store in India after a large helping of unethical behaviour was aimed at…
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…
A week in security (April 10 – 16)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Exclusive ransomware reports: Stay safe! Malwarebytes removes all remnants of ransomware and prevents you from getting…
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…
Former cop abused unrevoked system access to extort women
When Bryan Wilson, a former Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD) officer in Kentucky, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking charges in June, details…
Sextortionists used mobile malware to steal nude videos, contact lists from victims
In an international police operation supported by Interpol, law enforcement agencies have uncovered and dismantled an international sextortion ring that managed to…
When a sextortion victim fights back
When Katie Yates suddenly started receiving nude photos of her friend, Natalie Claus, over on Snapchat, she instantly recognized that Claus…