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For the majority of system and network administrators, the complimentary SSH client Putty has been their reliable companion for many years! This utility was also (mis)used by cybercriminals who launched a trojanized edition[1]. Microsoft made a wise choice by incorporating OpenSSH (beta version) in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. A year later, it became a standard component with Windows 10 version 1803. I still recall the moment I encountered commands like “ssh” or “scp” in a cmd.exe for the first time! SSH is an exceptionally potent tool that can be utilized in various ways, and it has been informally classified as a “LOLBIN”[2].

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