The latest articles on DEV Community by Meera Mathews (@meeramathews). https://dev.to/meeramathews https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F762192%2Fc13c1296-e5f2-414a-86b8-1595ace0913e.jpeg https://dev.to/meeramathews en Meera Mathews Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:11:18 +0000 https://dev.to/meeramathews/phishing-campaigns-and-youtube-creators-2cg4 https://dev.to/meeramathews/phishing-campaigns-and-youtube-creators-2cg4 <p>Phishing attacks are one of the most common forms of cyberattacks leveraged by cybercriminals.</p> <p>The latest disclosing of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has disrupted financially motivated phishing campaigns targeting YouTubers with Cookie Theft malware. </p> <h2> Cookie theft </h2> <p>Cookie theft occurs when a third party copies unencrypted session data and uses it to impersonate the real user. Cookie theft most often occurs when a user accesses trusted sites over an unprotected or public Wi-Fi network. It occurs when a person mimicks a person’s cookie over the same network, thus a hacker can access sites and perform malicious actions.</p> <h2> Phishing campaigns and YouTube creators </h2> <p>The phishing campaigns targets many YouTube creators by sending forged business emails to their email which they have provided in their channel. They impersonate as an existing company requesting a video advertisement collaboration. When the link is clicked, it would infect their computer using a variety of malware programs, usually designed to steal cookies and passwords. </p> <p><em>More detailed version of how you can be safe from cookie thefts<br> published at: <a href="https://beaglesecurity.com/blog/article/cookie-theft-youtube-phishing-campaign.html">https://beaglesecurity.com/blog/article/cookie-theft-youtube-phishing-campaign.html</a></em></p> cybersecurity security