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Spotify abused to promote pirated software and game cheats (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] jdw@links.mayhem.academy 49 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 25 points 6 hours ago

I was there Gandalf, 3000 years ago

[–] francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

A long time.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Now let's bring back astalavista 🤘

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 6 hours ago

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