Sextortion — a portmanteau of “sex” and “extortion” — originally referred to blackmail using compromising photos or videos obtained either by hacking a victim’s device or voluntarily from the victim themselves. While this form of crime still exists, today’s sextortioners are far less likely to be in the possession of any juicy material. Some varieties of sextortion work even … [Read more...] about What to do if you receive a sextortion email
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Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomware or crypto miners to abusing them for sending out sextortion emails to millions of innocent people.Extortion by email is growing significantly, with a large number of users recently complaining about receiving sextortion … [Read more...] about Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers