If you click on the link given after watching a video on YouTube, you can become a victim of malware. Actually, security researchers have detected a major malware campaign running on YouTube, which is being called YouTube Ghost Network. This network was infecting people’s systems with malware by making fake tutorial videos and through stolen channels. Recently, Check Point researchers have exposed this.
How did this network work?
According to media reports, this network used to operate through thousands of videos teaching software etc. With these tutorial videos, hackers used to talk about providing cracked version of any software like Microsoft Office. In the video, viewers were asked to download the file from Google Drive or Dropbox. As soon as a viewer downloads the video from these links, malware gets installed in his system. With its help, hackers used to steal passwords, cookies and logins etc. stored in the system.
Fake comments were made to gain confidence
The hackers had made complete arrangements to make the entire system appear trustworthy. For this, he used to make such fake comments under the video, which looked real. Passwords to open the files were also given in the comments, so that people would feel that other people were also downloading and using these files. This entire network worked in an organized manner and as soon as one channel was deleted, another one was created. Apart from this, they also used to trap people by posting such videos from stolen YouTube channels.
Be careful to avoid such scams
Nowadays many types of scams are going on on the internet. Therefore, do not click on any link sent or suggested by any unknown person. The best and safest defense is to stay away from luring links of free or cracked software. A little greed can cause big harm to you.
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