Example of a verified YouTube account with a large following, suspected to be compromised. When Proofpoint researchers identified the account, the majority of the account’s videos had been posted one year or more previously, and all had titles written in Thai. However, when the account was...
This is how cybercriminals use YouTube videos and other phishing techniques to spread malicious software and how you may avoid falling for such online phishing scams. I hope you find this post useful. TIP: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to stay in touch with the latest in the world of ...
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with tutorials and discussions about the malware discovered on popular platforms like Discord and YouTube. This points to a concerted effort to distribute the malware as a crimeware solution. At its core, the RAT commences with an initialization phase for a client application, after which it perf...
Threat actors have been using AI-generated YouTube Videos to spread stealer malware such as Raccoon, RedLine, and Vidar.
The new malware loads the Aurora infostealer and can avoid being executed in virtual machines or sandboxes for analysis.
It is known that there have been attacks carried out through website links presented in the description of YouTube videos that supposedly promote a cheating tool for the Valorant game. Computers got infected after executing a malicious file extracted from an archive file downloaded via the ...
Update April 20, 2023 - Aurora malware has been found to be disseminated through YouTube videos and fake software download websites designed to boost search engine optimization (SEO tags are employed to enhance the ranking of videos in search results). Victims are lured into downloading the ...
As AI generation becomes increasingly popular on several platforms, so does the desire to profit from it in malicious ways. The research firmCloudSEKhas observed a 200% to 300% increase in the number of videos on YouTube that include links to popular malware sources such as Vidar, RedLine, ...
Advice: Avoid suspicious ads that promise free gifts or show up on videos like the one above. Emphasize to your kids the adage: “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” It should be clear by now that many links lead away from the YouTube platform and onto malicious sit...