Google has shed light on a spate of attacks that turned creator channels into cryptocurrency scam livestreams. (From 2021)
Cryptocurrency scams and account takeovers themselves aren’t a rarity; look no further than last fall’s Twitter hack for an example of that chaos at scale. But the sustained assault against YouTube accounts stands out both for its breadth and for the methods hackers used, an old maneuver that’s nonetheless incredibly tricky to defend against..
Once a YouTuber inadvertently downloads the malicious software, it grabs specific cookies from their browser. These “session cookies” confirm that the user has successfully logged into their account. A hacker can upload those stolen cookies to a malicious server, letting them pose as the already authenticated victim. Session cookies are especially valuable to attackers because they eliminate the need to go through any part of the login process.
Such “pass-the-cookie” techniques have been around for more than a decade, but they’re still effective. In these campaigns, Google says it observed hackers using about a dozen different off-the-shelf and open source malware tools to steal browser cookies from victims' devices. Many of these hacking tools could also steal passwords.
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