YouTube riddled with comments leading to Malware

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at 22 May 09 08:10 A few months ago, we talked about YouTube's Annotations feature being used as a tool for Cyber Criminals to help spread their malicious Rogueware campaigns. Today, we have a similar case, but this time its automated comment Malspam (Malware spam).

Malware in Social Media

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at 26 February 09 06:17 A few weeks ago we talked about cyber-criminals using Digg.com to spread malware . Today we see that the very same group responsible for the Digg.com incident was using the same tactic on YouTube through the use of YouTube's Annotations feature. Video

Ever heard the term "Rickrolling"? Malware distributors have...

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at 09 February 09 11:21 Rickrolling is an Internet meme typically involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a bait and switch: a person provides a web link that he or she claims is relevant to the topic at hand,

YouTube riddled with comments leading to Malware

Malware in Social Media

Ever heard the term "Rickrolling"? Malware distributors have...

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