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Millions more adult and dating website accounts for sale on dark web
A hacker on a dark web forum was offering 3.7 million email address and hashed passwords stolen from the porn site Naughty America for $ 300.
Naked Security – Sophos
Plenty of fish, and exploits too, on dating website
Recent visitors to Plenty of Fish (pof.com), an online dating website with over 3 million daily active users, had their browsers redirected to exploits that installed malware.
The attack was launched through a malicious advertisement that was distributed through a third-party ad network, researchers from security firm Malwarebytes said in a blog post Thursday.
The malicious ad pointed to the Nuclear exploit kit, a Web-based attack tool that exploits known vulnerabilities in browsers and popular browser plug-ins like Flash Player, Java, Adobe Reader and Silverlight.
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Online dating scammer targeted elderly victims out of $1.1million
32-year-old Kris Koranteng has been arrested and charged with 11 separate counts, including conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. He and his crew are thought to have sought out vulnerable love-seekers on popular dating sites including Match.com and Chemistry.com.
Naked Security – Sophos