{"id":1562,"date":"2020-07-06T01:08:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T19:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2021-10-22T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:15:16","slug":"6-ways-to-protect-youtubers-against-online-phishing-in-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-protect-youtubers-against-online-phishing-in-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways To Protect YouTubers Against Online Phishing In The New Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re living in a time where lockdowns are the norm, human-interactions are limited and the often pilloried internet is more essential in daily life than ever. The digital space will never be the same after the COVID-pandemic. With YouTube being a dominant influencer in the digital space, we need to be ready for the challenges that come with these life-altering digital changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most threatening digital challenges is online phishing, a digital scam where criminals pose as legitimate sources to try and get you to disclose personal data like login details and credit card numbers. These hackers usually pose as credible and trusted entities which make it even harder to spot a scam. It is absolutely pertinent for YouTubers to detect these scams and stay protected. Here are 6 ways to protect yourself from online phishing in the new normal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Flag a suspicious scam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you see a suspicious link, video or comment on YouTube, it\u2019s important for you to flag it to the YouTube team for review. This will prevent criminals from targeting victims in future and keep the YouTube community safe. These comments could contain links that take users to phishing sites or counterfeit stores. You could also come across videos that promote downloads to malware content or push viewers to sign up for programs that promise abnormally quick growth in a few days. Suspicious video titles include: \u201cGet 1 million views overnight on this secret website\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Report Videos on YouTube - Flag YouTube Videos\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8tj7P1nmIKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Watch out for phishing URLs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criminals create duplicate websites that look almost identical to the original website. The only difference is the duplicate website\u2019s URL will have a slight discrepancy to the original website\u2019s URL. For example, the original YouTube website URL is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But the duplicate YouTube website URL could be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch out for strange numbers and jumbled letters in your URL. If you get an email from YouTube with a link that takes you to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/tinyurl.com\/y7eW\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.YouTube.com\/tinyurl.com\/y7eW<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> instead of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.YouTube.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, there is definitely something fishy going on. Take the phishing quiz to understand how to detect phishing URLs better <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/phishingquiz.withgoogle.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/phishingquiz.withgoogle.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1564 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/06010117\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1104\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/06010117\/2.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/06010117\/2-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/06010117\/2-768x351.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/06010117\/2-1024x467.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1104px) 100vw, 1104px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Protect your account password<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As your YouTube account is linked to your Google account, you must ensure that you\u2019ve taken all precautionary measures to safeguard your password. Turn on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/password-alert\/noondiphcddnnabmjcihcjfbhfklnnep?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Password Alert for Chrome<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If someone tries to log in to your Google account and enter your password on a non-Google site, you\u2019ll get an alert and you can change your password straight away. You can also use Google\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/password-checkup-extensio\/pncabnpcffmalkkjpajodfhijclecjno?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Password Checkup<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extension to ensure none of your passwords were compromised in a data breach known to Google. When you try to login with a username and password that were involved in a data breach, you\u2019ll receive an alert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Password Alert Policy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ECFx0vgMDqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Make secure transactions on YouTube<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another way to check whether a website is secure, is to look on the upper left hand corner of the website for a padlock sign, also known as a Secure Sockets Layer. This sign ensures that the website is encrypted and can&#8217;t be read by third parties when you\u2019re entering sensitive personal information. Do note that only half of all phishing websites don\u2019t have a padlock sign so this isn&#8217;t a surefire strategy to determine online phishing. However, you can use this knowledge with other data to judge whether a suspicious link is safe or not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BEWARE of Fake Scammer sites that are showing Secure Padlock Green in Browser\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zIIWGgVu9kw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Don\u2019t entertain unfamiliar requests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube emails only come from @youtube.com or @google.com addresses. YouTube never asks people for personal information like email addresses, birthdays or financial information so don\u2019t give in and click on unfamiliar pop-ups, emails, messages or websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you usually receive emails from <\/span><a href=\"mailto:susan@youtube.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">susan@youtube.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but you notice a strange email from <\/span><a href=\"mailto:susan@youtubehelp.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">susan@youtubehelp.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it could be a scam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Security Awareness Quick Tip: How to Identify and Avoid Email Phishing Scams - Part 1\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h3lJycGGF64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Get warnings about dangerous websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phishing and malware detection is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/9701986?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">turned on by default<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in your Chrome browser. When you open a suspicious website that looks similar to a YouTube page, you might see a warning that reads \u201cThe site ahead contains malware\u201d, \u201cDeceptive site ahead\u201d, \u201cThe site ahead contains harmful programs\u201d, \u201cDid you mean &lt;site name&gt;\u201d or \u201cIs this the right site?\u201d. Follow the warning signals and double-check the website\u2019s authenticity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to change phishing and malware detection settings in Google\u2122 Chrome on a Windows\u00ae Vista PC\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-JC4y2Fc79Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It may take a few days to put these safety measures into practice on your YouTube channel, but the long-term benefits are immeasurable. Stay alert and spread the word to help others adapt to this changing digital era.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Interested in getting your YouTube channel seen by a huge audience? 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