Tag: sextortion

Time to engage: How parents can help keep their children safe on Snapchat

September 24, 2024

Here’s what parents should know about Snapchat and why you should take some time to ensure your children can stay safe when using the app. Snapchat may only be the 10th most popular social media platform in the world, but it estimates monthly active users at over 750 million. The platform is all the rage particularly among children and … More Time to engage: How parents can help keep their children safe on Snapchat

How can I keep my child safe from sextortion?

March 1, 2024

Technology plays an integral role in our daily lives. Because of this, parents are facing the growing challenges of guiding their children through the complexities of online interactions. One particularly concerning aspect is the sharing of intimate photos or videos, or ‘sexting’,  which has become prevalent among younger people. A recent Guardian article sheds light … More How can I keep my child safe from sextortion?

ESET Research Podcast: Sextortion, digital usury and SQL brute-force

September 12, 2023

Closing intrusion vectors force cybercriminals to revisit old attack avenues, but also to look for new ways to attack their victims. Sextortion emails and other text-based threats have been on a massive increase in H1 2023 and the question remains why. Are criminals just lazy? Are they trying to earn easy money during their days … More ESET Research Podcast: Sextortion, digital usury and SQL brute-force

Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake‑driven sextortion schemes

July 4, 2023

Criminals increasingly create deepfake nudes from people’s benign public photos in order to extort money from them, the FBI warns. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning about an increase in extortion campaigns where criminals tap into readily available artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create sexually explicit deepfakes from people’s innocent photos and … More Deepfaking it: What to know about deepfake‑driven sextortion schemes

Deepfakes being used in ‘sextortion’ scams

June 8, 2023

Miscreants are using AI to create faked images of a sexual nature, which they then employ in sextortion schemes. Scams of this sort used to see crims steal intimate images – or convince victims to send share them – before demanding payments to prevent their wide release. But scammers are now accessing publicly available and … More Deepfakes being used in ‘sextortion’ scams