Unauthorised YouTube adverts exposed by security firm

A London-based team of security researchers has exposed a scheme which inserted unauthorised adverts into Google’s YouTube.

A London-based team of security researchers has exposed a scheme which inserted unauthorised adverts into Google’s YouTube.Spider.io discovered two programmes which placed ads on YouTube’s website when viewed by affected PCs. It said the plug-in had been promoted as tools to download videos from the service. It said some directed users to malware.
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