So, let me explain. As you may or may not be aware, we do a lot of work related to sextortion/webcam blackmail here. A lot of other people are also talking right now about the same subject, but there’s a lot of misinformation out there. Too many “experts” spouting off Chinese whispers versions of advice […]
Month: August 2018
Last time it was “stupid”, this time it’s “greedy”.
Early this morning, I was checking my social media feeds and spotted this comment from Avast! on Facebook: Earlier that day I’d picked up a copy of a newspaper that had an article on sextortion we’d worked with them on. The last quote from me in that was “Don’t let shame kill you”. Now I’m […]
Who do people insist on using the “S” word?
Almost every interview I do, I make a point of saying that scam victims aren’t stupid. Naive maybe, uninformed, possibly unaware, but not stupid. Today I see someone again refer to scam victims as stupid, and it pisses me off! What made this one worse is that it was an “industry insider”. We have a […]
Ways to help spot a phishing email.
Recently I had a conversation about phishing emails on Twitter. Today a perfect example of a phishing email to use for a tutorial popped into my inbox. Phishing emails are ones that try to fool you into clicking on a link a scammer has control of, while thinking you’re clicking on a completley different one […]