Lurking Lizard Uses Fake 7-Zip Installers to Turn Victim Devices Into Proxy Nodes
Wed Jul 08 2026
Internet
Malware
cybersecuritynews.com
A newly uncovered cybercriminal operation has been quietly turning ordinary computers into paid proxy servers for years, hiding behind a fake version of the popular 7-Zip file compression tool. Victims searching for the free archiving software were instead led to a lookalike site that installed hidden proxy software instead of the real program. Once running, […]
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