IT pros targeted with malicious Google ads for PuTTY, FileZilla - Help Net Security
IT pros targeted with malicious Google ads for PuTTY, FileZilla - Help Net Security
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Real IT "pros" don't see ads.
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They do however see Sponsored search results on google.com and that's how this attack chain starts. You search for one those tools, get a sponsored result and click it. You're then whisked away to a spoofed site.
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Software comes from a repository, even on Windows these days, who is bothering to download exes when there is winget
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Real IT pros don't use either of those in the first place.
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Putty? Tell me you know nothing about IT...
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Surely actual IT pros use uBlock origin?
How I wish that was true... "Pro" and "competence" aren't as closely linked as people like to think.