Fake “Windows 10 Free Upgrade” Emails Deliver Ransomware

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Start: 2019-10-25T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-10-27T23:59:59-04:00
Location: Washington DC

Posted: 12/31/2015 | Leave a Comment

Cisco’s Talos Group has spotted an email campaign impersonating Microsoft, offering potential victims an attachment that is supposedly a Windows 10 installer.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2015/08/03/fake-windows-10-free-upgrade-emails-deliver-ransomware/

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