eevBLAB 129 - WARNING: New Youtube Creator Channel Hijack Scam - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2025, 08:20:25 am
content: Due to recent changes in YouTuber Scam Methodology™ you are at risk of losing your monetization or the channel. Be sure to watch and confirm the attached video.This message is digitally signed with 71-bit ASS by the Official YouTube Watching Team member

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2025, 05:32:27 am
content: Usually, with stories like this, I’d blab about how the society brings it upon itself. But that specific style of attack, the one Dave just described, I really can’t.(1)And I donṥee good ways to avoid the danger.Of course we may warn each other and I hope Dave’s video reaches many Youtubers. But being on a lookout is hardly a reasonable solution. Following good security hygiene certainly doesn’t hurt, but it’s not solving the problem.Any ideas?(1)It is still a contributing factor, but hardly the overwhelmingly important one.

author: Haenk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2025, 08:56:23 am
content: Quote from: golden_labels on June 18, 2025, 05:32:27 amDon't click on stuff and questionable links.Enable 2FA whenever possible, and for login, use auto-fill. (auto-fill might one day have security issues, but it protects you pretty well from fake login-sites for now)

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2025, 09:26:53 pm
content: https://www.fiverr.com/brucevigna

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2025, 10:31:42 pm
content: Dude, after Haenk's warning on questionable links, how many people you expect to click on yours?

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2025, 11:14:17 pm
content: Quote from: Bud on June 18, 2025, 10:31:42 pmTLDC: Tons of actors on fiverr will read out your script for $5-50 on video. Easier than messing with AI, for now. The actor in Daves video is from fiverr.

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2025, 11:38:50 pm
content: Quote from: Bud on June 18, 2025, 10:31:42 pmThat depends on how many people watched Dave’s video before commenting on it, or read my post before replying to it. And how many notice the “warning” lacks relevance.

author: .RC.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 20, 2025, 12:00:45 am
content: Remember the good old days when all you had to worry about were dead Nigerian princes taking your money?

author: hans
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 20, 2025, 09:54:04 am
content: Next up in AI: they generate 2 versions of the same clip, one straight faced like this, and 1 with the 'inspect my ear canal'-shot (which some fancy channels love to use for long talking head segments). I'm sure with some effort one could hide the 8sec clip fade in/out next time around.But despite the AI stuff, the general pattern of scams still remains the same:- They are not very direct in communicating what the specific problem is. "Refer to this" and then provide you a direct link.- It is always (semi-)urgent. "Fix this in 7 days". C'mon, people take 3 weeks of holidays right around this time in the northern hemisphere. Large companies know that and will schedule big policy changes in months advance.- The obvious sketchy domains and link shorteners.

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 20, 2025, 10:34:51 am
content: Unfortunately “legit” companies do the same.Vagueness: ✓. While often pointing to specific URLs or documents, it’s 20 pages of dense legalese and you need to find for yourself, what they’re referring to.Sketchy domains and link shorteners: ✓. Not only from some small companies, but major players. Like sending an SMS with “click this” shortened URL, or mass mails from spam-company-14ufnb24.com. Most companies also lack their own domain, but use whichever “free” email provider is popular in a given country: company-name-1461(at)gmail.com is pretty normal.The urgency: ✓. “your bill is due in 3 days, click this link,” unclear “we enabled a service on your phone” with a link to details, or “there is a problem with your shipping.”There is a pretense of high security and teaching good practices, followed by completely ignoring all this and doing what’s easier and cheaper.