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

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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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jonw@links.mayhem.academy
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“Warez”. That’s a name I’ve not heard for a long time.

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Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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P1nkman@lemmy.world
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Now let’s bring back astalavista 🤘

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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With a name like that, they’ll be back.

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francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world
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A long time.

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