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What to do when you receive an extortion email

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Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 01 May 2020 15:30:00 +0000

Extortion emails are nothing new, but with the recent increase in frequency, many people are looking for guidance. If you have received such a message and want to know how you should respond, you’re in the right place. Read on!

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What to do when you receive an extortion e-mail

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Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 01 May 2020 15:30:00 +0000

xtortion e-mails are nothing new, but with the recent increase in frequency, many people are looking for guidance. If you have received such an e-mail message and want to know how you should respond, you’re in the right place. Read on!

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Sextortion scammers getting creative

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Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:09:34 +0000

We’ve covered sextortion before, focusing in on how the core of the threat is an exercise in trust. The threat actor behind the campaign will use whatever information available on the target that causes them to trust that the threat actor does indeed have incriminating information on them. (They don’t.) But as public awareness of…

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The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams (updated)

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Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

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The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams

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Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

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A week in security (April 8 – 14)

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:42:29 +0000

A roundup of news stories from April 8–4, including Baldr, medical management apps, an Android password stealer, and new sextortion scams.

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