YouTube makes sweeping changes to tackle spam on Shorts videos

Categories: News

Tags: YouTube

Tags: shorts

Tags: video

Tags: spam

Tags: scam

Tags: comments

Tags: replies

Tags: block

Tags: remove

YouTube is making drastic changes to combat a a growing tide of spam comments on the Shorts video category.

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Sextortion “assistance” scammers con victims further

Categories: News

Tags: FBI

Tags: extortion

Tags: sextortion

Tags: crime

Tags: criminal

Tags: nude

Tags: nudes

Tags: photographs

Tags: images

Tags: video

Tags: photo

Tags: scam

Tags: payment

Tags: profit

Tags: assistance

Tags: help

We take a look at an FBI warning regarding for-profit entities making money from people targeted by sextortion attacks.

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The rise of multi-threat ransomware

Categories: News

Tags: ransomware

Tags: malwarebytes

Tags: youtube

Tags: video

Tags: multi-threat

Tags: single threat

Tags: double threat

Tags: triple threat

Tags: encrypt

Tags: extortion

Take a look at our ten minute video walkthrough of ransomware issues and concerns.

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Grand Theft Auto 6 suffers grand theft

Categories: News

Tags: grand theft auto 6

Tags: take-two interactive

Tags: rockstar games

Tags: source code

Tags: video

Tags: stolen

Tags: theft

Tags: leak

Developer Rockstar Games has suffered a major leak of upcoming game content, specifically unfinished video footage of Grand Theft Auto 6.

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Reddit users crowdsourcing explicit images and identities

Categories: News

Tags: stolen images

Tags: explicit

Tags: theft

Tags: compromise

Tags: blackmail

Tags: threats

Tags: reddit

Tags: video

We look at a report highlighting how explicit images are being shared without permission, and how this often leads to additional harassment.

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Bad rhythm: Janet Jackson song resonates poorly with some old hard drives

Categories: Business

Tags: Janet Jackson

Tags: music

Tags: rhythm nation

Tags: song

Tags: video

Tags: resonant frequency

Tags: hard drive

We take a look at news of the Janet Jackson smash Rhythm Nation causing bizarre issues for certain older hard drive models.

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