In fact, the data security and privacy firm found the risk of Americans being targeted by sextortion scammers rose 137% in ...

A recent analysis by Avast, a leader in digital security and privacy and part of Gen (NASDAQ: GEN), found that in 2025 so far, the risk of being targeted with sextortion scams in the U.S. has ...

Sextortion scams surged globally as AI and breached data enable personalized attacks, exploiting fear and deepfake threats.

Sextortion scams are becoming more common – and more threatening – as cybercriminals exploit artificial intelligence (AI) and ...

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Avast researchers are seeing countries around the world being impacted by these highly manipulative scams. In the US, the ...