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An AI illustration of the malvertising campaign using PuTTy and WinSCP
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Fraudulent Google ads for the WinSCP and PuTTy utilities have been leveraged to attempt ransomware distribution as part of a malvertising campaign against Windows system administrators, reports BleepingComputer.
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Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has uncovered a widespread malvertising campaign that is actively targeting individuals searching for popular utilities like WinSCP and PuTTY. This sophisticated attack uses malicious ads on common search engines like Bing, luring unsuspecting users to download trojanized installers.
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Attackers launched a campaign distributing trojanized installers for WinSCP and PuTTY in early March 2024, as clicking malicious ads after searching for the software leads to downloads containing a renamed pythonw.exe that loads a malicious DLL.
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Nov 17, 2023NewsroomMalvertising / Malware Threat actors are leveraging manipulated search results and bogus Google ads that trick users who are looking to download legitimate software such as WinSCP into installing malware instead.