At first glance, this is an email that might seem quite normal, from the video platform. Warning of a “change to YouTube’s rules and policy”, encourages you to click on a link to view them, accessible ‘only’ by entering your password. “You have 7 days to read them and send us a response letter, otherwise you will be prevented from accessing our service,” the text adds.
But beware, YouTube warns this Wednesday, it is not an email from them, but a phishing attempt, that is, the usurpation of the identity of a site to try to recover your data or infect your devices.
Abuse of a video sharing option
YouTube makes good use of the “[email protected]” email address. But if you’re paying attention, you may have noticed that the subject of the message starts with “The YouTube team sent you a video.” The hackers haven’t actually created a fake address similar to the site they want to impersonate, as is often the case in phishing scams: they’re using a nice, well-existing option that lets them share a video via email, adding a malicious link.
Another clue: to avoid this type of anarchy, the sites almost never ask you to enter your identifiers, let alone see the conditions of use normally in free access. The wording used also seems a bit strange and unprofessional, and the format does not correspond to the usual emails from the platform.
Finally, if you pass the link through a URL virus scanner, such as URLVoid, it will fail the test.
One option so that you do not receive this email is deactivate the option to share videos.
Source: BFM TV
