sextortion

April 11, 2019

THREAT RESEARCH

Sextortion Profits Decline Despite Higher Volume, New Techniques

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Sextortionists are doing everything to evade spam filters and convince potential victims that perceived threats are real. Here are some recent changes we’ve seen in the sextortion email landscape.

December 14, 2018

THREAT RESEARCH

Bitcoin Bomb Scare Associated with Sextortion Scammers

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This blog was written by Jaeson Schultz. Organizations across the country are on edge today after a flurry of phony bomb threats hit several public entities Thursday, such as universities,...

October 31, 2018

THREAT RESEARCH

Anatomy of a sextortion scam

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By examining sextortion spam campaigns in detail, our researchers were able to understand how criminals operate, and to see why users were tricked into sending them bitcoin despite empty threats.