Don’t get duped, doxxed, or drained! In this episode of “Smashing Security” we dive into the creepy world of sextortion scams, and investigate how crypto wallet firm Ledger’s Discord server was ...

Elijah was the victim of a sextortion scam, where bad actors target young people online and threaten to release explicit images of them. Scammers often ask for money or coerce their victims into ...

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino made headlines this week when he revealed the bureau was "closing in" on suspects involved in planting two pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a sign ...

A Houston-area FBI intelligence analyst is facing charges after he was allegedly found in possession of over 1,000 images of child pornography, some generated by artificial intelligence.

A law signed by President Trump earlier this month could help fight "sextortion" schemes online. The FBI says at least 20 teens in the U.S. have taken their lives because of the scam since 2021.

Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, appeared to become emotional on live national television Thursday. Not while recalling some gut-wrenching FBI child exploitation case, or a grisly mass ...

FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau is treating the case as a top cybersecurity priority. WASHINGTON - Federal officials are investigating a troubling attempt to impersonate White House chief ...

The FBI is looking into a person or people pretending to be White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. An unknown impersonator reportedly sent texts and made ...

The calls appear to use Wiles' voice, sources said. The FBI is investigating mysterious texts and calls from someone reaching out to governors, members of Congress and others who has claimed to be ...

The FBI has issued a warning about the illicit activities of a Philippines-based company, which provides technology infrastructure behind the majority of cryptocurrency investment fraud (CIF) scams in ...