I have a list of your friends and family from Facebook – your mum, your sister, your cousins. “Listen, I’m a man, and I recorded a video of you …. Shortly after the girl logs off of Skype, Samir receives a message from a man on Facebook. He does.Īt the end of their conversation, the girl asks Samir what he does. She then begins performing sexual acts on herself and asks if he would reciprocate. The girl reveals she is sexually attracted to Samir. During their chat, the two have their webcams turned on but only talk via chat. “Hi, how are you? I saw your profile and I liked you.” She is 23 and says she is living with her older sister in Sidon, Lebanon. One day, Samir, (Not his real name.) a young Palestinian man living abroad, receives a friend request from a girl on Facebook. “You Have One Week to Send Me 5,000 Euros…” Here’s the story of one attack that pivoted on a Skype scam. Some instances are entirely malware-based, whereas others exploit users’ sensibilities with the help of social engineering techniques. As such, each case of sextortion is different. Each perpetrator relies on different tools and techniques to victimize unsuspecting users. Sextortion is an evolving threat in the online space. Those demands could consist of money, login credentials, or in cases like what happened to former Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf, video footage of the victim performing sexually explicit acts. With the help of a remote access trojan (RAT) like BlackShades or Dark Comet, a bad actor can “slave” a user’s computer, assume control over their webcam, record the unknowing individual, and leverage that footage to get what they want from their victim.
The webcam is a cherished tool of digital extortionists.
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