Security News Spotify abused to promote pirated software and game cheats BleepingComputer Daniel Bender Nov 19, 2024 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 appearing in Google.