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Sextortion Scams Now Include Photos of Your Home

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

An old but persistent email scam known as “ sextortion ” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of recipients pleasuring themselves, now include a photo of the target’s home in a bid to make threats about publishing the videos more frightening and convincing.

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Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.

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Sextortion Scams Now Include Photos of Your Home

Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

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