Phishing emails from legit YouTube address hitting inboxes

Phishers are targeting YouTube content creators by leveraging the service’s Share Video by Email feature, which delivers the phishing email from an official YouTube email address (no-reply@youtube.com). How the YouTube phishing email scam works? The email informs the targets of a new monetization policy, new rules, and prompts them to view a video. The email also contains and points to a document hosted on Google Drive and provides the password for opening it. Finally, the … More →

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