“Adult TikTok” searches lead to scams

Search for certain combinations of "TikTok" and adult content, and sooner or later you'll land on a page promising exactly what you searched for: an endless feed of explicit clips, no signup required, just tap and watch. There isn't one. On the other side of that click is an ad funnel dressed up ...

Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet

A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and has experts worried about the future of free expression online...

Age verification: Child protection or privacy risk?

With governments demanding actual age verification on websites with adult content, and platforms like social media and Roblox introducing restrictions based on a user’s age, the controversy about different types of age verification and their implications is growing. Last week, Roblox announced ne...

Malicious code in adult-content-detection-aws (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 04c7da4fcfb4de71b19452af0a573b825658e46880b543cb625a25552b249fd1 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

MAL-2025-3090 Malicious code in adult-content-detection-aws (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 04c7da4fcfb4de71b19452af0a573b825658e46880b543cb625a25552b249fd1 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Large-scale Cyber Attack Hijacks East Asian Websites for Adult Content Redirects

A widespread malicious cyber operation has hijacked thousands of websites aimed at East Asian audiences to redirect visitors to adult-themed content since early September 2022. The ongoing campaign entails injecting malicious JavaScript code to the hacked websites, often connecting to the target...

Open redirect on government website sends users to adult content

Fake websites and open redirects have conspired to make things awkward for a UKGOV website. The site in question, riverconditionsdotenvironment-agencydotgovdotuk, was being abused in search engine results to redirect to various sites which arent associated with UKGOV--most of which were adult...

Twitter Has Started Blocking Porn in Germany

Dozens of accounts have been vanished as Twitter bows to pressure to make it harder for children to find adult content online...

The Shapeshifting Cam Girl Rewriting the Rules of Porn

Face-morphing adult content creator Coconut Kitty is ushering in the unsettling future of the medium, one where nothing is as it seems...

Explicit content and cyberthreats: 2019 report

'Stay at home' is the new motto for 2020 and it has entailed many changes to our daily lives, most importantly, in terms of our digital content consumption. With users opting to entertain themselves online, malicious activity has grown. Over the past two years we have reviewed how adult content h...

Kids on the Web in 2020

Technology is what is saving us from a complete change in the way of life in a world of a raging pandemic. It keeps the educational process going, relieves the shortage of human communication and helps us to live life as fully as possible given the isolation and social distancing. Many adults, an...

Threats to users of adult websites in 2018

More graphs and statistics in full PDF version Introduction 2018 was a year that saw campaigns to decrease online pornographic content and traffic. For example, one of the most adult-content friendly platforms – Tumblr – announced it was banning erotic content even though almost a quarter of its...

Widespread Malvertising Campaign Hijacks 300 Million Sessions

A massive malvertising campaign targeting iOS devices hijacked a whopping 300 million browser sessions in just 48 hours. Researchers at Confiant recorded the campaign Nov. 12, and said that the threat actor behind the campaign is still active to this day. A malicious landing page According to...

We know what your kids did this summer

For many kids and teenagers, summer is all about ditching school books in favor of hobbies and fun. Every year we release a report on children's interests, as reflected in their online activity. This summer, we investigated what they prefer in their free time. The Parental Control module in...

Jack of all trades

Nowadays, it's all too easy to end up with malicious apps on your smartphone, even if you're using the official Google Play app store. The situation gets even worse when you go somewhere other than the official store – fake applications, limited security checks, and so on. However, the spread of...

V5shop被上传恶意文件传播敏感色情信息

简要描述： V5shop君，改行了？ 详细说明： 比如：http://www.v5shop.com.cn/case/20120609/8891/index.php 漏洞证明： 一路向西枪版的酷鸟电一路向西一路向西在哪里观看www.v5shop.com.cn/case/20120609/8891/index.php‎网页快照2012年6月9日 - 一路向西枪版的酷鸟电一路向西一路向西在哪里观看.李宗瑞哪段李宗瑞事件最漂亮李宗瑞资料www.v5shop.com.cn/case/20120609/16181/index.php‎网页快照2012年6月9日 -...

Several Malicious Android apps found on Google Play affects 25,000 devices

As time goes on, though, the Malware Risk on Mobile Platforms appears to be increasing. A flood of scammy apps that are difficult for Google to detect, and therefore stays available for download for several days before being removed. The Russia-based firm Dr Web today said it has discovered sever...

First financial malware for Mac – RSPlug-A

2007 RSPlug dropped on the scene in October of 2007. It was first detected by researchers at Intego. RSPlug’s various incarnations, all forms of the DNSChanger malware, were found disguised as video codecs on sites containing pornographic content. Once on a victim’s Mac, RSPlug changed that...