A spam botnet that has been used for promoting adult dating sites is being researched by cybersecurity website KrebsOnSecurity.com but has hit a firewall and published its research to find out if other researchers are studying it. In a report, KrebsOnSecurity said in late October...
In an attempt to crack down human trafficking and explicit online behavior, lawmakers in South Carolina are teeing up a bill that would levy a $20 fee on those who wish to watch internet pornography. The proposed bill, the Human Trafficking Prevention Act, requires computers,...
If you’ve been perusing a certain porn site, your identity could be at risk. An exposure — and not the kind anyone wants: Approximately 800,000 names, user IDs and some conversations may be exposed after hackers allegedly broke into the Brazzers porn forum. Vice’s Motherboard,...
Regulation makes strange bedfellows, and possibly none stranger than pornographers and payments processors who have banded together to fight federal legislation that seeks to limit the means by which suspect industries access and use money. A processors’ trade group has filed an official complaint against...
May 15, 2019
There’s an email scam going around that involves scammers claiming to have webcam footage of people watching porn, with threats to release the info if not paid a hefty ransom in bitcoin, according to a report by Fortune. Oren Falkowitz, who heads an anti-phishing company called Area 1, was contacted by a colleague about a […]
June 16, 2017
A spam botnet that has been used for promoting adult dating sites is being researched by cybersecurity website KrebsOnSecurity.com but has hit a firewall and published its research to find...
December 22, 2016
In an attempt to crack down human trafficking and explicit online behavior, lawmakers in South Carolina are teeing up a bill that would levy a $20 fee on those who...
October 06, 2014
Regulation makes strange bedfellows, and possibly none stranger than pornographers and payments processors who have banded together to fight federal legislation that seeks to limit the means by which suspect...
