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Threat actors are resorting to YouTube videos featuring content related to cracked software in order to entice users into downloading an information stealer malware called Lumma. “These YouTube videos typically feature content related to cracked applications, presenting users with similar installation guides and incorporating malicious URLs often shortened using services like TinyURL and Cuttly,” Fortinet […]
Threat actors have been increasingly observed using AI-generated YouTube Videos to spread a variety of stealer malware such as Raccoon, RedLine, and Vidar. “The videos lure users by pretending to be tutorials on how to download cracked versions of software such as Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, and other products that are licensed […]
Google attributed the malware campaign to a group of attackers recruited via a Russian-language hacker forum. Google has disclosed details of a new campaign involving phishing attacks launched against YouTube channel owners with the sole purpose of hijacking their channels. According to the report, threat actors are using cookie theft malware in the attacks to […]
Google states that the problem is fixed now, and all services are back online for most users. On Monday, at around 11:56 GMT, all Google services went down abruptly. Countless users across the globe were affected by this sudden service outage. The disrupted services include Google Search, Google Assistant, Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube. Downdetector, […]
Ever since Google launched the Pixel 4 and the Pixel 4 XL, there have been problems with the devices, trying to tell us not to buy any of them. The older sibling — the Pixel 4 XL — went through a durability test, and sadly, it isn’t as durable as we thought it might be […]
Team Trees is probably the largest YouTube collaboration ever that seeks to plant 20 million trees all across the globe. If you follow famous YouTube creators like Mr. Beast, Linus Tech Tips and The Infographic Show, then you must be aware of the giant movement taking the digital world by storm. The Team Trees initiative […]
Even after hundreds of music streaming services, including YouTube’s very own music app, YouTube still remains people’s top choice for listening to music online. But YouTube is a video streaming service that painstakingly lacks an inbuilt video to MP3 converter. Due to this, users have been sourcing MP3 files from YouTube to MP3 converters for […]
Cybercriminals abusing Facebook and YouTube profiles to host the Astaroth malware that launches through sophisticated phishing campaign to target mainly Brazilian citizens. Threat actors behind the Astaroth Trojan using a various trusted source to compromise and steal the sensitive the data from the victims. Security research community motioning Astaroth Trojan activities since 2018 and the […]
With the constant upgrade in YouTube policy and its TOS, many Playlist Downloading Software are being taken down from Google PlayStore and AppStore under DMCA rule. But luckily, there are some handy tools which offer the same easy-playlist-downloading features while not violating any TOS of YouTube. And in this article, we will talk about those […]
Google has announced that it’s shutting down its 2-year-old YouTube messaging service on September 18. The latest move is yet another example of how a company as big as Google is struggling to mark its presence in the world of social media, which is mostly owned by Facebook and its adopted kids. I guess Twitter […]
As the number of users on the platform has increased over the years, so has YouTube’s list of ‘banned content.’ Adding further to the list, YouTube has banned ‘instructional hacking and phishing’ videos. The latest bans have led to the deletion of several educational videos on ethical hacking as they now violate YouTube’s Terms of […]
Why is YouTube not working on my device? If that’s what you have been searching on the web lately, then I have some useful tips and tricks to help you fix your YouTube problems. As you might know, YouTube is possibly the biggest video hosting service on the planet. The Google-owned company handles hours of […]
Two years ago, YouTuber ReSet became more famous (or rather infamous) when he gave a beggar toothpaste-filled Oreo cookies and created controversy around him. The YouTuber has now been banned from using the Google-owned video platform for five years. According to a report by El Pais, Kanghua R. (now 21) has also been sentenced to […]
Are you a cryptocurrency enthusiast and loves watching Youtube videos about Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies? If yes, then be very alert about Youtube channels you visit. Youtube, being the home of millions of content creators and online video consumers is teeming with scammers and phishers. Google has for quite some time is now actively taking […]
Website security audit specialists reported the presence of a new fraudulent campaign directed against emergent YouTube content creators. According to reports, some YouTubers are receiving a supposed message from the video platform about a request for monetizing the content of the channel. “We have evaluated your channel and have detected some anomalies in your account […]
In his latest video, Pewdiepie aka Felix Kjellberg urged everyone to end the ‘subscribe to Pewdiepie’ meme. He discussed the entire journey of this meme and how it started as something positive but got twisted along the way. He addressed the Christchurch attack in New Zealand and how it affected him in more ways than […]
A YouTuber named Micah Laplante has made a Pasta PC on his YouTube Channel called Laplanet Arts. The channel mostly consists of tech product reviews and has around 300 subscribers. All that changed when his video titled ‘I made a PC out of pasta and it WORKED’, the video reached up to 33,000 people and he […]
The Indian music label T-series now has the most subscribed channel on YouTube. The news comes after a long going cat and mouse chase with the Swedish YouTuber Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (aka PewDiePie). At the time of writing, T-Series had 92,019,496 subscribers, and PewDiePie had 91,918,147, making the former ahead by 101,349. And to achieve that mark, it has taken a lot […]
Obsession really goes a long way for people to get out of their way to cause trouble for others. As PewDiePie emerges as a Youtube sensation, his fanbase grew to an unprecedented level for a YouTube personality. Unfortunately, some of his fans went overboard, their inner script kiddie by modifying ShellLocker ransomware, creating new ransomware […]
Popular video-streaming platform YouTube will now start adding information panels to videos in the search section to battle fake and hoax news. The infoboxes, available both in English and Hindi, will let users know whether or not the video he or she is searching for is reliable. To identify and label videos (mostly sensitive and controversial topics), YouTube will take help from […]
Following a controversy that involved derogatory and predatory comments being posted under videos featuring children, YouTube has decided to ban comments on almost all the videos that have children. Comments will be temporarily turned off for the videos with children in them to silence the pedophiles who are causing a menace on the platform. Comments will be allowed only on […]