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IT pros targeted with malicious Google ads for PuTTY, FileZilla - Help Net Security
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Surely actual IT pros use uBlock origin?
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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How I wish that was true... "Pro" and "competence" aren't as closely linked as people like to think.
It's actually surprising how a lot of people in tech aren't really aware of the security and privacy side of things, especially in their personal lives. They may be more secure at work because the infosec team has oversight, but outside of that I know a lot of very technical people who don't apply basic security/privacy measures outside of work.
Real IT "pros" don't see ads.
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.
Software comes from a repository, even on Windows these days, who is bothering to download exes when there is winget
I mean ssh is built into Windows 11 and has been a part of Mac for like the OG Mac release: I can’t remember downloading a Mac ssh client since OS9 and windows has had WSL so chose your flavor of Linux to run and ssh into you jumpbox
Real IT pros don't use either of those in the first place.
Putty? Tell me you know nothing about IT...
Even windoze has native openssh built in now. Most people who don't like pain will simply use wsl instead.
Tell me you've never properly managed enterprise equipment at scale....
Seems a bit excessive to install WSL just to get an SSH client.
You don't have to. There's an openssh client available in powershell. Maybe when cmd, though I haven't tried it.
Ah, cool. I do have WSL installed on every Windows box I use regularly, but it's good to know for when I run into a more locked down machine.
How is this upvoted? PuTTY is legacy software at this point and it even neglects the fact that a lot of IT people have been using Linux for ages.