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RSS FeedsA hacker tried to extort Star investigative reporter Kevin Donovan. So he investigated
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13 november 2018 20:57:25

 
A hacker tried to extort Star investigative reporter Kevin Donovan. So he investigated
(The Star Travel)
 


A nameless, faceless hacker is extorting you. Pay $857 in Bitcoin or videos and screenshots from your “dark secret life” — plus the browsing history on your phone, tablet and computer — will be shared with family, friends and the world.“You are not my only victim,” the hacker writes. “I usually lock devices and ask for a ransom. But I was struck by the sites of intimate content that you very often visit.”Several near identical versions of this “phishing” email have been sent out to hundreds of thousands of people in North America over the last few months.Known by cybersecurity experts as “spray-and-pray” attacks, they are ultimately empty (just don’t click on any attached links) but surprisingly successful threats, say security consultants and police. On Monday, Peel police released a warning to the public about these and other scams. To make your heart race faster, this wannabe extortionist — he or she identifies as a “programmer” — includes what can be a shocking bit of detail: A password you have used in the past and may still be using. The hacker also claims to have “uploaded malicious code” to your operating system and has “a complete history of visits” you have made to various internet sites.Oh, and one other chilling element: the threat you just received appears to have come from your own email address.Attacks like this are on the rise as hackers, stymied by increasingly stronger corporate security, are turning more and more to individuals, who are viewed as much easier marks. “At our core, human beings are not very complicated. We are motivated by hunger, fear, greed, money and sex,” said Eldon Sprickerhoff, founder of Cambridge-based cybersecurity company eSentire.“These people throw as many baited hooks out as they can and a steady, though small, percentage of people pay.”A recent research report by Micro ...


 
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