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Oct 21, 2021 · It shows the value of channels and audiences. Google put out a report detailing a phishing campaign directed at YouTubers, which involved around 15,000 fake accounts and over a million messages to ...
- Mitchell Clark
Oct 20, 2021 · Since late 2019, our team has disrupted financially motivated phishing campaigns targeting YouTubers with Cookie Theft malware. The actors behind this campaign, which we attribute to a group of hackers recruited in a Russian-speaking forum, lure their target with fake collaboration opportunities (typically a demo for anti-virus software, VPN ...
- Ashley Shen
Oct 22, 2021 · According to Google’s report, its teams have “decreased the volume of related phishing emails on Gmail by 99.6% since May 2021,” and blocked 1.6 million messages, more than 62,000 phishing ...
- Brendan Hesse
Oct 21, 2021 · The campaign, apparently being carried out by hackers recruited in a Russian-speaking forum, uses "fake collaboration opportunities" to attract YouTubers, then hijacks their channel using a "pass ...
- Andy Chalk
Oct 20, 2021 · In some cases the hackers impersonated known quantities like Cisco VPN and Steam games, or pretended to be media outlets focused on Covid-19. Google says it’s found over 1,000 domains to date ...
Aug 22, 2024 · Aug 22, 2024, 3:42 AM PDT. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. YouTube has announced a new AI assistant feature to help users recover accounts that have been targeted by hackers. Described as ...
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Jul 1, 2024 · By extending the reach of the fraudulent campaigns to untold numbers of regular YouTube users, they give the attackers the most bang for their buck. Cybercriminals have long been known to ...