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Spotify abused to promote pirated software and game cheats (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Spotify playlists and podcasts are being abused to push pirated software, game cheat codes, spam links, and "warez" sites.

By injecting targeted keywords and links in playlist names and podcast descriptions, threat actors may benefit from boosting SEO for their dubious online properties, since Spotify's web player results appear in search engines like Google.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 days ago (3 children)

“Warez”. That’s a name I’ve not heard for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now let's bring back astalavista 🤘

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

With a name like that, they'll be back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

A long time.