Sextortion scammers pivot from Bitcoin to Litecoin for better blackmailing

Sextortion scammers pivot from Bitcoin to Litecoin for better blackmailing
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2019-10-9 15:11

Sextortion phishers are pivoting away from Bitcoin to alternative cryptocurrencies to avoid being caught by email filters, ZDNet reports. In particular, some sextortionists now rely on Litecoin, as major email providers automatically flag suspicious emails that feature Bitcoin wallet addresses.

“As this latest twist shows, threat actors can switch to the next crypto currency [sic] and attempt to iterate through all the scam’s previous versions,” said phishing analysts Cofense. Litecoin is just sextortion flavor of the month Sextortion phishing scams have plagued inboxes for well over a year. They typically claim malware has infected recipient’s machines to record webcams and…

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By CCN: Police in the tiny town of Norton, Kansas posted a bulletin to their website yesterday morning urging followers not to fall for a bizarre Bitcoin sextortion scam. Spear-Phishing Attack Targets Individuals With Secret Porn Habits In this version of a classic spear-phishing attack, the scammer sends an e-mail to the victim and tells them they have a recording of the victim pleasuring him or herself – complete with the content they were watching at the time.

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Blackmailers made $332,000 in Bitcoin during ‘sextortion’ scam

Cybercriminals raked in more than $300,000 in Bitcoin payments during a ‘sextortion’ email-based blackmail campaign, which was first spotted in 2017 but saw increased activity mid-last year. According to a report by UK firm Digital Shadows, which tracked a sample of 792,000 emails as part of their analysis, criminals received some $332,000 from more than 3,100 unique sender Bitcoin addresses.

2019-2-22 16:12


Вымогатель биткоинов угрожал посетителям порносайтов обнародовать личную информацию

Посвященный скам-проектам ресурс Bitcoin Whos Who опубликовал информацию о хакере, вымогающим у посетителей порносайтов биткоины. Шантажист под ником Sextortion отправлял сообщения жертвам с угрозой разослать их близким и знакомым личную информацию в случае отказа переслать ему $1300 в криптовалюте.

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