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/ Digest Articles / Fake “Windows 10 Free Upgrade” Emails Deliver Ransomware

Fake “Windows 10 Free Upgrade” Emails Deliver Ransomware

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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