extortion

The science behind DDoS extortion

‘Pay up or we’ll take your Website down’, so goes the adage that usually accompanies ransom-based cyber-attacks. Top of the news agenda in recent weeks, well-known names such as Evernote and Feedly have all fallen victim to extortion attacks, but […]

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Beware: Sextortion attacks are on the rise

Malware, Security, Security Awareness, Sextortion, Social Engineering / By Tony Bradley

Social media sites have recently stepped up to help combat revenge porn–the posting of nude or lewd photos without the subject’s permission. That’s not the only threat out there, though, when it comes to the potential exposure of explicit photos

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