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Scamsters are simply scaring people that they have managed to steal your porn browsing history and that they have recorded a video of you, either naked, masturbating or having sex, using the laptops camera.

Extorted for watching porn? Do's and Don'ts to avoid sextortion

Extorting users for watching porn is not entirely new.

27 Oct 2018 2:12 PM IST

Phorpiex is capable of generating up to 30,000 emails per hour. (Photo: ANI)

Sextortion is rampant as botnet sends emails demanding bitcoins as...

The decade-old botnet, called Phorpiex or Trik, carries out the campaign by sending persuasive emails to victims.

17 Oct 2019 8:25 AM IST

Sextortion, online blackmail, and other types of online extortion is a rampant issue that can be thoroughly invasive.

Sex crimes and everything you need to know to safeguard yourself...

Here are three ways where you can help protect yourself from being targeted from online sextortion threats.

13 Nov 2019 11:08 AM IST

The malware is designed to target just French computer users with Varenyky being aimed at those subscribed to Orange customers. (Photo: Pixabay)

Watch porn? New malware waits until you visit porn site, then starts...

The Varenyky spambot starts recording your screen whenever you visit a porn website.

12 Aug 2019 1:31 PM IST

The cases that are often registered include phishing, online fraud, cheating, stalking on social media, email abuse, hacking and copyright violations.

Are you a victim of sextortion, Check here!

A phishing specialist website has uploaded the entire target database of E-Mail IDs, you can check if you're in it.

6 Aug 2019 5:19 PM IST

When someone accesses a porn site, the fraudsters manage to breach the data of that person. The browser then starts working as a remote control desktop, using which they access the visitors display screen and get the contact numbers of his friends, his contacts on social media and e-mails, Mumbai police said.

Rise in Sextortion' as people visiting porn sites are blackmailed for...

Cyber criminals email users and threaten to release videos of them watching porn if they fail to pay up

18 April 2020 5:34 PM IST

Moroccan authorities have cracked down and arrested hundreds (Photo: AFP)

This Moroccan town is the world's 'sextortion' capital

The men are targeted by IDs of women and tricked into performing lewd acts for extortion later.

8 March 2017 5:09 PM IST