- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 29th, 2016
Hacker Pleads Guilty to "Sextortion" of over a Dozen Female Victims
Hacker under arrest since mid-March 2016
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 19th, 2016
Rex Linux Trojan Can Launch DDoS Attacks, Lock Websites, Mine for Cryptocurrency
Trojan targets CMS platforms running on Linux servers
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 15th, 2016
Hackers Steal Data from Polish Defence Ministry and Ask for $50,000 Ransom
Some of the data looks legit, some looked fake
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 1st, 2016
FBI Warns of Bitcoin-Based Extortion Attempts Following Recent Mega Breaches
Crooks ask from $500 to $2,500 to keep quiet
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 1st, 2016
Security Bugs Used as Extortion Schemes by Questionable Researchers
IBM advises companies to notify authorities when dealing with hackers posing as security researchers
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 16th, 2016
Fake Hacker Found Guilty of Gutsy Mitt Romney Extortion Scheme
Criminal now faces up to thirty years in prison
- Internet Life
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 12th, 2016
Wire Drops Lawsuit Alleging Extortion from Signal Co-Founder
While the government fights to destroy encryption, companies fight among each other for the technology behind it
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 11th, 2016
Syrian Electronic Army's Banker Extradited to the US
Peter Romar, SAE member, appeared in a US court today
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 30th, 2016
Armada Collective Copycats Now Posing as Lizard Squad in DDoS Extortion Scheme
Cloudflare says the group is making empty DDoS threats
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 8th, 2015
Unknown Copycat Using Armada Collective Name for DDoS-for-Bitcoin Extortions
Cyber-crime syndicates are moving in, pushing script kiddies out of the picture, expect more large-scale attacks
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 1st, 2015
Greek Banks Hit by DDoS Attacks, Hackers Ask for Bitcoin Ransoms to Stop
Banks refuse to pay ransom, call on the FBI for help
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 23rd, 2015
Bloggers Put Bounty on DDoS Extortionists
Site owners decide to go after DDoS attackers instead of filling their pockets with crypto-money (Bitcoin)
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 1st, 2015
Bitdefender User Database Breached, Hacker Attempts to Extort Company
Hacker wanted $15,000 / €13,600 from Bitdefender
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 22nd, 2015
Adult Friend Finder Hacked, Info on Almost 4 Million Users Leaked
Cybercriminals have begun targeting the affected users
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 13th, 2015
Extortion Malware on Android Ramps Up
The practice is most prevalent in Asian countries
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 18th, 2014
Former Employees Blackmail Leumi Card, Get Arrested
Extortionist steals card data before getting fired
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 22nd, 2012
Australian Business Owner Pays Ransom After Hackers Encrypt Company Data (Updated)
The cybercriminals didn't decrypt his files even after he paid $3,000 (2,400 EUR)