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Sextortion Scams: From Teen Targeting to Email Blackmail
The FBI received over 13,000 sextortion reports between October 2021 and March 2023, with at least 20 victims dying by suicide. This growing threat targets both teenagers through financial extortion and adults through mass email blackmail campaigns. If you have children online or you've received threatening emails claiming to have compromising footage, understanding how these scams work—and knowing that help is available—can save lives.
The Leak in Your Pocket: Why Your Phone Needs Real Security (Not Just a Passcode)
Your phone knows more about you than your spouse does. Banking apps with saved credentials. Work email with client data. Photos with location metadata. Every WiFi network you've ever connected to.
And it's protected by... what exactly? A passcode? Face ID?
The BYOD Blind Spot: Securing Mobile Access Without Controlling Personal Devices
Your employee just logged into Microsoft 365 from their personal iPhone. They accessed your financial systems, checked Google Workspace, and downloaded client data. Your security team has absolutely no visibility into that device. No endpoint protection. No patch management. No way to know if that phone is compromised. Yet it has full access to your most critical systems.