- cross-posted to:
- spotify@lemm.ee
- cross-posted to:
- spotify@lemm.ee
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.
I enjoy that they’re focusing on ‘promoting pirated software and game cheats’ before talking about malware first.
That’s a very different, more helpful story. “Watch out, Spotify links are being used to distribute malware to your computer.”
Money. They aren’t doing this as part of a ‘peons of the world unite to steal software’ scheme. They’re doing it to generate traffic so they make more ad revenue.
Imagine how much healthier things would be if ads were illegal and using them was punishable by having your business auctioned off and the proceeds going to free legal services for the bottom 50% of society