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A hot potato: The developer behind popular Windows optimization tool Wintoys has uncovered a sophisticated cybercrime operation that mimics dozens of popular Windows apps through duplicate websites built to look uncannily like the real thing. The fraudulent sites reportedly distribute malware capable of compromising user privacy, hijacking account credentials, and draining crypto wallets.
The developer, who goes by the handle Bogdan_X, told Windows Latest that his research began after he spotted a fake website mimicking the official Wintoys page. Tracing the site's registration led him to 72 fraudulent websites built on the same playbook, several of which use URLs deliberately close to the real domains they're impersonating.
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