A new email scam includes pictures of recipients’ houses and addresses, followed by threats claiming compromising footage. Security experts warn this is a sophisticated sextortion attempt to scare people into paying Bitcoin ransom, but the photos are simply pulled from Google Maps and data breaches.
The FBI’s Pittsburgh office is warning smartphone users against a new variation of ‘brushing’ scams. In this scam, criminals send unsolicited packages containing QR codes that prompt recipients to provide personal information or download malicious software that steals data from their phone.