Overview
- India Today says it found at least six more channels pushing cracked tools and game cheats, including three run by creators in India.
- These videos funnel viewers to external hosts such as MediaFire or Workupload to fetch password‑protected archives that steal credentials, crypto wallets, and browser data, with some links instructing users to disable antivirus.
- Help Net Security highlights Check Point’s “YouTube Ghost Network,” involving more than 3,000 videos on fake or hijacked channels that led users to phishing pages or malware.
- Bitdefender reports a campaign that migrated from Facebook Ads to Google Ads and YouTube, hijacking a Google Ads account and a verified channel to impersonate TradingView.
- Researchers describe a surge of deepfake-driven investment scams impersonating figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump, including a fake Jensen Huang livestream that drew about 100,000 viewers, as UK politicians push tougher ad oversight and Deloitte projects US fraud losses could reach $40 billion by 2027.