The YouTube Ghost Network promoted thousands of scam videos. Videos offer game hacks or pirated software; they distribute malware. A web of fake accounts makes the scam videos look genuine. A ...

Aged YouTube accounts with a history of posting crypto news and investing tips have been taken over by bad actors to advertise a scam trading bot that steals crypto. Cybersecurity firm SentinelLABS ...

Ripple warns that bad actors are stealing YouTube accounts and using them to impersonate the firm to shill their scams, including fake “XRP giveaways.” Fraudsters and scammers are taking advantage of ...

Over $1 million has been siphoned from unsuspecting crypto users through malicious smart contracts posing as MEV trading bots, according to a new report by SentinelLABS. The campaign leveraged ...

In the latest example of the internet being an absolute cesspool of opportunists and bad actors, Nuclear Blast Records‘ YouTube channel was taken down over the weekend when a buncha crypto scammers ...

New attack poisons sources AI chatbots use for content. Public sites like YouTube and Yelp abused to host spam links. AI answers can surface poisoned content and put users at risk. Cybercriminals are ...

YouTube aggressively removes AI-generated spam content to maintain its status as a top advertising and streaming destination.