Security News

Google is reading text in YouTube videos for search crawling without user consent
2018-12-14 13:55

Videos uploaded as private or unlisted are subject to being crawled, but Google's documentation does not acknowledge this behavior at all.

YouTube is reading text in users’ videos
2018-12-14 12:23

Google keeps tabs on much of your activity. Now, it turns out that its YouTube service is also reading what’s in your videos too.

Someone Hacked 150,000 Printers to Promote PewDiePie YouTube Channel
2018-12-01 10:48

This may sound crazy, but it’s true! The war for "most-subscribed Youtube channel" crown between T-Series and PewDiePie just took an interesting turn after a hacker yesterday hijacked more than...

PoC Attack Leverages Microsoft Office and YouTube to Deliver Malware
2018-10-26 19:56

Microsoft has been notified, but no patch is yet available.

Google removes 39 YouTube channels linked to Iranian influence operations
2018-08-24 18:31

Google has identified and removed 39 YouTube channels, six blogs on Blogger and thirteen Google+ accounts linked to IRIB, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, which were leveraged in...

Google Suspends YouTube Accounts, Content Linked to Iran
2018-08-24 12:02

'State-Sponsored' Phishing Activity Alert Follows Facebook and Twitter WarningsGoogle has suspended multiple YouTube channels and videos, as well as blogs, after tying them to phishing attacks and...

SentinelOne makes YouTube delete Bsides vid 'cuz it didn't like the way bugs were reported
2018-08-18 00:51

Research silenced amid copyright, trademark claims If you were at BSides Manchester in England this week, you hopefully caught James Williams' presentation on the shortcomings of some commercial...

Despacito YouTube video hack – teenagers charged
2018-05-30 11:26

Web defacement is supposed to be an old-fashioned type of hack, but it probably didn’t look that way to YouTube viewers on 10 April.

YouTube snags millions of bad videos, but is it getting the right ones?
2018-04-30 12:55

You don't have to look far to find objectionable content

YouTube illegally collects data from kids, group claims
2018-04-10 12:33

A coalition has filed a complaint with the FTC, charging that Google's YouTube is breaking COPPA: the law to protect children's privacy.