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Fake LinkedIn Recruiter Malware Scam (Trifleck)
A LinkedIn recruiter from 'Trifleck' tried to install malware on a Bengaluru engineer. How to spot the pattern, what to do if hit, and the full forensic record.
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The first four steps, in order
- 1
Disconnect the machine
Pull the cable, turn off Wi-Fi. Do not clean it.
- 2
Rotate every credential it touched
Browser passwords, cloud tokens, SSH keys, wallets.
- 3
Move crypto from a clean device
Assume any seed phrase on that machine is gone.
- 4
Call 1930, and tell your employer
If work systems were reachable, it is a company incident.
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