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Hackers, Rocky, and 97 Other Movies are Free on YouTube

Just in time for the holidays, if your looking to fill your time watching movies such as Hackers, the Rocky series, and Terminator, you can do so for free on YouTube.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 20, 2018
- 10:06 AM
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YouTube Now Lets You Scroll Down to View Comments When in Full Screen

Watching a video on YouTube in full screen is the optimal way to use the site, but it prevents you from using other features such as comments and the rest of the site A new feature has been released today by YouTube that allows you to watch a video in full screen, but at the same time, scroll down and view the site.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 15, 2018
- 07:58 PM
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FacePause Chrome Extension Pauses a YouTube Video When You Look Away

A new experimental, and may I dare say, creepy Chrome Extension called FacePause pauses a YouTube video when you look away from the screen. It does this by utilizing an API called FaceDetector that has been available in Chrome since version 56.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 23, 2018
- 03:31 AM
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Shooter at YouTube Headquarters Leads to Multiple Injuries

Reports have been coming in via Twitter that at approximately 4PM there was an active shooter incident at the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California. Supposedly centered around the cafeteria, a shooter had injured multiple people who were at the location.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 03, 2018
- 05:54 PM
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Coinhive Cryptojacker Deployed on YouTube via Google Ads

Some smart crooks found a way to insert and deliver the Coinhive in-browser miner inside ads delivered via the Google DoubleClick ad delivery platform. Ads delivered this way made their way on countless sites, and even on Google's own property —YouTube.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 26, 2018
- 07:05 PM
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Sites Promoting Free Amazon Gift Cards Don't Deliver What You Are Expecting

If something is too good to be true, then it probably is. Such is the case with the many scams that are advertised on the Internet such as getting free rewards by participating in surveys, unbelievable work at home offers, and what we will be discussing in this article, free Amazon gift cards.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 23, 2018
- 03:15 PM
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Facebook Phishing Campaign Targets Android and iOS Users

A Facebook spam campaign is luring users to phishing pages that try to trick targets into handing over Facebook or YouTube credentials.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 31, 2017
- 06:46 AM
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Video Streams Leak What You're Watching to Attackers With Over 95% Accuracy

Even if a video streaming service is using HTTPS to encrypt its traffic, an attacker can still determine with a very high accuracy what content a user might be watching.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 05, 2017
- 11:35 AM
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YouTube-MP3.Org Will Shut Down Following RIAA Lawsuit

YouTube-MP3.org — the largest YouTube ripping service on the Internet — has agreed to shut down permanently as part of a settlement it reached with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in a lawsuit the organization filed last year.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- September 04, 2017
- 03:57 PM
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White Supremacy Site Moves to the Dark Web After Being Spurned by GoDaddy, Google, and Zoho

The Daily Stormer, the most well known of all white supremacy online portals, was forced to move today to the Dark Web after various service providers dropped the site from their infrastructure.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 15, 2017
- 12:45 PM
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Wannabe Crooks Fooled by Backdoored Phishing Kits Advertised on YouTube

There's a growing trend in the cybercrime landscape, and the trend is for malware authors to distribute backdoored malware using promotional videos and hacking tutorials on YouTube.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 25, 2016
- 01:00 PM
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YouTube Red offers ad-free and Premium Content for Paid Subscribers

YouTube has announced a new monthly subscription service called YouTube Red that offers ad-free videos, YouTube only shows, offline saving, and background play. Starting on October 28th, U.S. visitors will be able to sign up for this new $9.99 monthly subscription that comes with a one month trial.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 22, 2015
- 05:21 PM
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