DoubleVPN’s services were mainly promoted on Russian and English language underground hacking and cybercriminal forums, offering anonymity by hiding the identities and locations of various types of scammers, fraudsters, and even ransomware operators.

Indeed, older – and often lonely – people are at particular risk, the older generation is often trusting by nature and may not be attuned to the pitfalls that online dating platforms.

The fact that people now have their Macs connected to so many other devices makes it a rich hunting ground for hackers who want to gather data and target victims from the business environments, which created many more threats for Macs. Users are also not as aware of the vulnerabilities.