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202: YouTube Channels Are Being HACKED! (How to Protect Yourself)
The Think Media Podcast
Is There Any Vulnerability of Certain Google Chrome Extensions?
There have been some Google Chrome extensions for the Chrome browser that were allowing allowing attackers to distribute malware through the extension store. None of them, I believe have been used directly associated with attacking YouTube channels, not that I know of but that doesn't mean that they don't exist. So that's another way that you could definitely like audit your online security for this holistic approach. And do you recommend things I'll throw match you like a VPN? Absolutely. There are lots of different ones.
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Speaker 2
Is there any vulnerability? I'm a big Google Chrome user. Is there any vulnerability of having certain extensions on Google Chrome that could make their way all the way over to mess with you somewhere else? And I'm looking at mine, I have like, rack I
Speaker 1
have like 20 extensions. So
Speaker 2
yeah, don't worry. Yeah, thank you. Right now I've got zoom one up there. We are using one pass, which we can talk about that in a bit as well. And one password. So but our extensions, that's different than third party apps connected to your YouTube channel, which right back to your but any thoughts there. Yeah, that's a really good question. There have been some Google
Speaker 1
Chrome extensions for the Chrome browser that were allowing allowing attackers to distribute malware through the extension store, like the online store for extensions where you can download and install them. So that has been found before, however, none of them, I believe have been used directly associated with attacking YouTube channels, not that I know of, but that doesn't mean that they don't exist. So that's another way that you could definitely like audit your online security for this holistic approach is to definitely look at like what kind of extensions you've downloaded, what you've downloaded on your computer itself, and see if there's anything that you're not using day to day for your business or for your workplace that you could just delete entirely or uninstall. That's a
Speaker 2
really good way to protect yourself. I'm glad you brought that up actually. Thinking about kind of macro as we create a game plan, and you know, I want to encourage listeners, stick around because I've got some juicy questions, just about the cyber threats we're facing in general, and thinking about the bigger picture because it could be hacking our money or bank accounts or our personal identity, identity theft, we could even cover all of that. Let's talk about some tools or some things that what are some of the cyber threats that you think we're facing? And do you recommend things I'll throw match you like a VPN? Absolutely. I hope
Speaker 1
you're using a VPN, Sean.
Speaker 2
I will be soon. And there's lots of different
Speaker 3
ones. There
Speaker 2
are.
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