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Ransomware gang targets Windows admins via PuTTy, WinSCP malvertising (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A ransomware operation targets Windows system administrators by taking out Google ads to promote fake download sites for Putty and WinSCP.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

“My boss says I need something called ‘Wind Skip.’ I don’t know what it’s for; I have a PDF here with instructions. He says we can just download it and run it, but I couldn’t find it. Can you install it for me?”