Researchers say video files are becoming the new mode of transportation for malware. The first known exploit using such a technique was spotted last week by McAfee. The Realor worm basically uses an infected hyperlink in a video file to do its dirty work. YouTube is a prime candidate for attack, as well as other multimedia sites, experts say. The potential [damage] is pretty massive, says Arbor Networks’ Mark Zielinski, a security engineer for Arbor Networks, says it would be a popular method for a targeted attack.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/analytics/video-the-new-attack-frontier