Latest Sextortion news

Fake YouPorn extortion scam threatens to leak your sex tape

A new sextortion scam is making the rounds that pretends to be an email from the adult site YouPorn, warning that a sexually explicit video of you was uploaded to the site and suggesting you pay to have it taken down.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 02, 2023
- 10:12 AM
- 3
Sextortionists are making AI nudes from your social media images

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a rising trend of malicious actors creating deepfake nude content from social media images to perform sextortion attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- June 06, 2023
- 04:43 PM
- 5
FBI warns of companies exploiting sextortion victims for profit

For-profit companies reportedly linked to sextortion activity are targeting victims using various deceptive tactics to pressure them into paying for "assistance" services provided by non-profit agencies and law enforcement for free, the FBI warns.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 07, 2023
- 10:37 AM
- 0
Interpol dismantles sextortion ring, warns of increased attacks

A transnational sextortion ring was uncovered and dismantled following a joint investigation between Interpol's cybercrime division and police in Singapore and Hong Kong.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 05, 2022
- 01:10 PM
- 0
LGBTQ+ community warned of extortionists abusing dating apps

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned this week of extortion scammers targeting the LGBTQ+ community by abusing online dating apps like Grindr and Feeld.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 26, 2022
- 12:04 PM
- 1
FTC warns of extortionists targeting LGBTQ+ community on dating apps

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns of extortion scammers targeting the LGBTQ+ community via online dating apps such as Grindr and Feeld.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 13, 2021
- 12:08 PM
- 2
FBI: Spike in sextortion attacks cost victims $8 million this year

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has warned of a massive increase in sextortion complaints since the start of 2021, resulting in total financial losses of more than $8 million until the end of July.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 03, 2021
- 07:36 AM
- 1
Lucy malware for Android adds file-encryption for ransomware ops

A threat actor focusing on Android systems has expanded their malware-as-a-service (MaaS) business with file-encrypting capabilities for ransomware operations.
- Ionut Ilascu
- April 28, 2020
- 07:24 AM
- 0
Large email extortion campaign underway, DON'T PANIC!

A large email extortion campaign is underway telling recipients that their computer was hacked and that a video was taken through the hacked computer's webcam. The attackers then demand $1,900 in bitcoins or the video will be sent to family and friends.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 09, 2020
- 07:10 PM
- 26
Extortion Emails Threaten to Infect Your Family With Coronavirus

Sextortion scammers are now also attempting to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic by threatening their victims to infect their family with the SARS-CoV-2 virus besides revealing all their "dirty secrets".
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 20, 2020
- 04:30 PM
- 0
Malware Spread as Nude Extortion Pics of Friend's Girlfriend

Attackers have recently warped sextortion scams into baits used to infect their targets with Raccoon information stealer malware designed to help steal credentials, credit card information, desktop cryptocurrency wallets, and more.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 09, 2020
- 03:43 PM
- 2
Sextortion Emails Sent by Emotet Earn 10 Times More Than Necurs

Sextortion scammers are now targeting potential victims with spam sent to their work emails via the Emotet botnet, a distribution channel 10 times more effective than previous ones according to research published today by IBM X-Force.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 13, 2020
- 12:10 PM
- 3
New Nest Video Extortion Scam Plays Out Like a Spy Game

A new sextortion scam that breaks the typical mold has been detected at the beginning of the year. Fraudsters preying on the insecurity of connected devices used footage from Nest cameras, and led victims through a convoluted path of email accounts and web sites before making their ransom price known.
- Ionut Ilascu
- January 19, 2020
- 11:01 AM
- 0
Sextortion Email Scammers Try New Tactics to Bypass Spam Filters

Sextortion scammers have started to utilize new tactics to bypass spam filters and secure email gateways so that their scam emails are delivered to their intended recipients.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 31, 2019
- 12:05 PM
- 3
Blogger and WordPress Sites Hacked to Show Sextortion Scams

Scammers are hacking into WordPress and Blogger sites and using the hacked accounts to create posts stating that the blogger's computer has been hacked and that they were recorded while using adult web sites.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 28, 2019
- 04:27 PM
- 0
Malware Uses Your PC to Send 30K Sextortion Emails Per Hour

Sextortion emails stating that your computer was hacked and video was created of you on porn sites have become so common that they are treated simply as another spam. That does not mean, though, that they are not profitable as a new report shows attackers are generating revenue by utilizing infected PCs to do their dirty work.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 16, 2019
- 09:04 AM
- 0
'N1ghTm4r3' Scam Threatens to Expose Victims Watching Illegal Porn

A new sextortion scam campaign is aiming for the inboxes of targets from Ireland, with the scammers using fictitious recordings of their victims watching child pornography to scare them into sending payments of £5,000 worth of Bitcoins.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 13, 2019
- 01:52 PM
- 2
PsiXBot Modular Malware Gets New Sextortion, Google DoH Upgrades

Security researchers discovered a new variant of the PsiXBot modular malware with a new sextortion module and designed to use Google's DNS over HTTPS (DoH) service to get command and control (C2) domain addresses.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 09, 2019
- 02:00 PM
- 0
Latest Sextortion Email Scheme Sent by ChaosCC Hacker Group

A new sextortion scam is underway that claims to be from the ChaosCC hacker group who states they infected the recipient's computer with a Trojan that videoed them on adult web sites.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 31, 2019
- 01:02 PM
- 1
Is Your Email One of 200 Million Targeted by Extortion Scams?

An active sextortion campaign actively targeting a large database of more than 200 million compromised email accounts has been spotted by researchers at Cofense Labs.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 05, 2019
- 09:25 AM
- 8