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cm0002 to cybersecurity@infosec.pub · 8 days ago

Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes

www.malwarebytes.com

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Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes

www.malwarebytes.com

cm0002 to cybersecurity@infosec.pub · 8 days ago
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A convincing lookalike of the popular 7-Zip archiver site has been silently turning victims’ machines into residential proxy nodes.
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    Google is perfectly happy to have malicious links, especially if they pay to get promoted.

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