Google Street View Images Used For Extortion Scams
Attackers use Google Street View images to put pressure on victims of “sextortion” scams
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Attackers use Google Street View images to put pressure on victims of “sextortion” scams
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. [...]
Attackers are sending email blasts with malware links in embedded PDFs as a way to evade email filters, lying about having fictional "video evidence."
You'd spot this one a mile away... but what about your friends or family?
US Marine accused of waging cyber sextortion campaign against young women in California
A new version of the MyloBot malware has been observed to deploy malicious payloads that are being used to send sextortion emails demanding victims to pay $2,732 in digital currency