The internet has created an endless number of opportunities for connection and communication, and regrettably, exploitation and new threats in the current digital era. Sextortion is one especially harmful type of cybercrime that has been growing in popularity recently. But what exactly is sextortion, and how can individuals protect themselves from falling victim to it? […]
Sextortion is an epidemic on the rise in the Philippines and it is seriously affecting the lives of thousands of people around the world. The Philippines is listed as the scammers’ location (on account of the money transfer destination) in a great percentage of the sextortion cases. Taking pictures and videos of sexual content and […]
One of the main resources for online criminals today is social media, mainly because it has become indispensable for a great majority of the people in the world. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and many other social platforms are the greatest banks of personal information we have ever seen and criminals know very well how to take […]