"Phishing Attack Skirts Detection With YouTube"

The Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has observed an increase in the use of YouTube redirect links in phishing attacks to bypass detection mechanisms. Web browsers have implemented phishing filters to block specific malicious URLs. Therefore, attackers are increasingly using redirector URLs to evade these filters and redirect victims to their phishing landing pages. Websites such as Joomla and WordPress have been targeted in previous campaigns where URL redirects were used. As most organizations allow the use of YouTube, its domain is whitelisted, allowing YouTube redirect links to be opened without any suspicion and detection. This article continues to discuss web browser phishing filters, the increased use of YouTube redirect links to bypass these security defense mechanisms, emails discovered by researchers that use this method, and the growing sophistication of phishing attacks. 

Threatpost reports "Phishing Attack Skirts Detection With YouTube"