YouTube stream-jacking attacks are becoming more dangerous
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. So-called stream-jacking attacks are advancing at a worrying pace, according to new research fromBitdefender. Advanced tactics Such advancements involve coopting real and popular news announcements to monetize fake livestreams. Image credit: Shutterstock For instance, threat actors conducted livestreams under the title “SpaceX Launch Starship Flight Test! Elon Musk gives update on Starship!” on popular YouTube channels that were marked as verified but which they had compromised....