Porn images and videos are being used as a tool by cybercriminals to trap the users in shady scams designed to steal money and private information.
Cybersecurity researchers have found out that criminals are “using porn as a lure” to get people click on the malicious links, which sends viruses onto people’s computers or trick them into handing over cash.
Internet security giant Kaspersky has recently published a detailed report in which they claimed that in 2017 alone there were more than 300,000 cases of porn-themed attacks.
These scams affected more than 50,000 computers around the world, and most of the hack were premium porn accounts and their data were sold on the dark web.
The websites whose credentials are most often found for sale on the dark web are Naughty America, Brazzers, Mofos, Reality Kings, and Pornhub.
According to the Kaspersky, "Since 2016 more than 72 million sets of account credentials for adult content websites were stolen and later appeared online. These include data from Cams.com (62.6 million), Penthouse.com (7.1 million), Stripshow (1.42 million), 380,000 of xHamster accounts, and about 791,000 thousand from Brazzers data. And these stats do not include the enormous leak of around 400 million sets of credentials from the AdultFriendFinder website – which focuses on setting up offline encounters rather than content for viewers."
The experts have uncovered total six trojans that “have been hiding within porn apps and video players, stealing users’ data and money by the second.”
Mobile malware is extensively used by the criminals to attract users. Till now, researchers have "identified 23 families of mobile malware that use porn content to hide their real functionality."
Kaspersky says that porn users are particularly at a greater risk because they’re unlikely to report the crime: “They would have to admit they were looking for or watching porn.”
More details on these findings can be found here
Cybersecurity researchers have found out that criminals are “using porn as a lure” to get people click on the malicious links, which sends viruses onto people’s computers or trick them into handing over cash.
Internet security giant Kaspersky has recently published a detailed report in which they claimed that in 2017 alone there were more than 300,000 cases of porn-themed attacks.
These scams affected more than 50,000 computers around the world, and most of the hack were premium porn accounts and their data were sold on the dark web.
The websites whose credentials are most often found for sale on the dark web are Naughty America, Brazzers, Mofos, Reality Kings, and Pornhub.
According to the Kaspersky, "Since 2016 more than 72 million sets of account credentials for adult content websites were stolen and later appeared online. These include data from Cams.com (62.6 million), Penthouse.com (7.1 million), Stripshow (1.42 million), 380,000 of xHamster accounts, and about 791,000 thousand from Brazzers data. And these stats do not include the enormous leak of around 400 million sets of credentials from the AdultFriendFinder website – which focuses on setting up offline encounters rather than content for viewers."
The experts have uncovered total six trojans that “have been hiding within porn apps and video players, stealing users’ data and money by the second.”
Mobile malware is extensively used by the criminals to attract users. Till now, researchers have "identified 23 families of mobile malware that use porn content to hide their real functionality."
Kaspersky says that porn users are particularly at a greater risk because they’re unlikely to report the crime: “They would have to admit they were looking for or watching porn.”
More details on these findings can be found here