YouTube used for ad spam campaign
SC Magazine, By Angela Moscaritolo
Researchers have detected a spam campaign utilizing YouTube to promote unsolicited advertising content.
This is a new tactic and is being used as part of a spam campaign targeting Russians, according to researchers at security firm Kaspersky Lab.
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