A week in security (April 4 – 10)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:03:48 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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YouTube channels of Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, and other musicians compromised

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:38:10 +0000

We look at a recent takeover of popular musicians’ channels on YouTube, and advise how you can keep your own account safe.

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Valorant cheats on YouTube are actually information-stealing malware

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:21:14 +0000

We take a look at a YouTube spam campaign claiming to offer up Valorant cheat tools, while in reality pushing malware.

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Beware bogus OperaGX sponsorship offers

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:36:45 +0000

We look at a scam targeting YouTubers, via an entirely fictitious sponsorship and promotional deal for OperaGX

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Google has right to censor conservative nonprofit on YouTube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:44:18 +0000

It’s not a “state actor”, so isn’t subject to 1st Amendment scrutiny and can censor PragerU’s videos on abortion, gun rights and terrorism.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OVLHTQuoTUc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:30:03 +0000

It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/X7rOITrf5_c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:51:21 +0000

A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9Wtt8BCE-R8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Lawmakers look to spread COPPA out to cover kids up to 16

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:14:48 +0000

If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/fcctp3f85Mc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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YouTube to treat all kid-aimed videos like they’re COPPA-liable

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:29:40 +0000

The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation – even though they don’t collect, receive, nor have access to kids’ data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_7NLfWyE57Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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YouTube prohíbe insultos malintencionados, amenazas veladas y acoso

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:24:34 +0000

En junio de 2019, el vídeo periodista de Vox, Carlos Maza, publicó una compilación de vídeos con clips de dos años de ataques publicados a través de YouTube. Since I started working at Vox, Steven Crowder has been making video after video &#34;debunking&#34; Strikethrough. Every single video has included repeated, overt attacks on my sexual [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/CKg8ngXtdGY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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