For Fuck’s Sake, Stop Downloading Your VPN From Random Shitty Websites

Oh brilliant. Just fucking brilliant. Yet another bunch of clueless dribbling morons have managed to hand over their corporate credentials to every script-kiddie and their grandmother because they couldn’t be arsed to check if they were downloading Cisco AnyConnect from the actual Cisco website rather than some SEO-poisoned cesspit called “cisco-vpn-download-free-no-virus.ru”.

Apparently, these absolute fucking geniuses are searching for enterprise VPN clients on Google—because why use the corporate software portal IT spent three weeks building, right?—and clicking on the first sponsored link that promises “FAST SECURE VPN DOWNLOAD 2024 NO SURVEY”. Then they’re surprised when their login details end up being flogged on the dark web alongside stolen credit cards and pictures of your mum.

The attackers are using search engine optimization poisoning—basically gaming Google’s algorithm like the manipulative bastards they are—to push their malware-laden shit to the top of search results. Users download what they think is Fortinet or Palo Alto GlobalProtect, but instead get a nice juicy infostealer that vacuums up passwords, cookies, and probably your lunch money faster than you can say “password123”.

And who has to fix this monumental clusterfuck? That’s right, us. The poor bastards in IT who have to reset 500 Active Directory passwords because Karen from Accounting decided she needed to “work from home urgently” and couldn’t wait five minutes for the proper download link. Now the entire fucking domain is compromised and the CISO is having an aneurysm in his glass-walled office.

Here’s a pro tip, you absolute weapons: If the VPN installer asks for your Office 365 credentials three times and then starts mining Bitcoin in the background, it’s probably not fucking legitimate. Check the URL. Check the certificate. Use the goddamn corporate portal. Or better yet, don’t work from home at all. Stay in the office where I can keep an eye on you and ensure you don’t infect the network with digital herpes.

Read the full horror story here before you click on anything else today: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-enterprise-vpn-downloads-used-to-steal-company-credentials/

Speaking of which, reminds me of the time a user called me because his “VPN looked different” after he installed it from a popup ad that claimed he had 37 viruses. I told him to bring his laptop down to the server room for “maintenance”. Last I saw, he was still trying to figure out how to open the Faraday cage I locked him in. Probably still clicking “Allow” on every UAC prompt that pops up, the daft bastard.

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