Kaspersky Lab specialists discovery on the YouTube platform a new scheme for the distribution of dangerous files in the form of game content.
The scammers upload YouTube video instructions on how to download a popular game for free and link to a malicious RAR archive in the video description. If you download it, it will immediately start self-extracting.
According to Kaspersky Lab, the archive contains the RedLine program. It is often used to steal user logins, passwords and other personal data. Additionally, RedLine can download third party programs.
YouTube video hosting is a “very welcoming platform” for various types of scammers, believes IT expert Ilya Kostunov.
“The moderators of the platform often turn a blind eye to dangerous content and also ignore official requests from government authorities to remove certain destructive materials. Virus distributors and other scammers are simply taking advantage of the mess happening on video hosting, “explained the expert in an interview with Reedus.
“Attackers create attractive videos, promise mountains of gold, but their main goal is to convince the user to install a dubious application. In addition, criminals can steal money from a person’s accounts or use their computer as an element of network to carry out major hacker attacks “. Ilya Kostunov added.
Earlier, a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, the director of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, told how YouTube’s recommendation algorithm imposes fake Russophobic content on Russian teenagers.
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