Botnets and Mass Spammers Attack Youtube with Video Spam

Up to 24 hours of video continues to be uploaded every minute, according to Youtube, when most of it comes from mass spammers and most recently, Russian botnets. They are spamming with videos, inbox messages, and fake websites claiming to be from Youtube, that are survey sites (Type in the Youtube.com web address wrong, and you'll wind up on those fake survey sites).

The most recent inbox/PM spam are from spammers claiming that you can get subscribers from sites like sub4sub.com and earnsubscribers.com, both are scam sites. Youtube will terminate accounts that send these messages if you click the Report Spam link.

The inbox system is supposed to be revamped soon, according to the Youtube web team, it's hard to say whether it will including methods to deal with spam messages, as they most recently started a forum feedback topic on the matter.

Youtubers reported on Youtube's help forum that mass spamming occurred on Youtube involving Russian botnets, claiming they were posting about 5000 spamvertised/pornographic content in a 24-hour period. Sounds pretty huge, but it's actually part of a spam attack by criminals.

Kaspersky Labs predicted that Youtube was going to be used as a haven for spammers, and their predictions were right.

Videos can flagged for spam, but at the rate the spammers are going, it can be tiresome and endless. They have been at it since 2009. But don't be discouraged; if you see spam, use the Flag button found on every video to speak out. Video that are posted to Youtube are not pre-screened, so it's up to the user community base to flag such content up for Youtube to review.

A few days ago, spammers have been stealing videos and uploading them as cover for promoting a link in the video description for a free video game console or handheld, such as the Nintendo 3DS. And the spammers that are doing this are actively abusing other people's resources for their spam-related activities.

There were also cases of video spam with sexually suggestive content, along with stuffed keywords in the video title and description, which has been happening for a few years now. Also, spammers are taking advantage of popular videos and news stories to upload spam with links claiming you can go to a site to see the entire video.

Also, spam accounts on Youtube are using feedback systems, to know if a video is taken down, so that they can upload more spam in their place. Try not to be surprised when this happens.

Most of this spam comes from countries like India, Pakistan, Malaysia, and other Far Eastern nations, and perhaps Russia, with the most recent botnet attack possibly originated from, most of whom, may not have laws and regulations against Internet spam.

So what can we do to go after these spammers on Youtube? We can go on a scavenger hunt and flag videos for spam if you're against Internet spam and the criminals that are doing this, or if you're part of an anti-spam group, or we can contact Youtube and let them know about the latest tactics these spammers are using and come up with measures such as to slow down their uploads, or freeze their accounts suspected of spam-related activity.

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