ClickFix abuses clipboards. FileFix hijacks File Explorer. Both social engineering attacks start in the browser—and end in ...

Fake captchas have evolved into full-blown malware launchpads, thanks to a sneaky new method called ClickFix. It copies ...

ClickFix is the name given to a social engineering tactic where prospective targets are deceived into infecting their own ...

ClickFix is a social engineering trick that hackers have been using more and more since early 2024 to spread malware. It fools you into running malicious commands on your own computer, and the ...

ClickFix uses fake CAPTCHA screens to trick users into launching malware via simple keyboard commands The phishing page mimics Cloudflare perfectly, right down to Ray IDs and security padlocks ...

The ClickFix attack technique has gotten so popular that even state-sponsored threat actors are using it, research from Proofpoint claims, having observed at least three groups leveraging the ...

ClickFix attacks mimic the “Verify You are a Human” tests that many websites use to separate real visitors from content-scraping bots. This particular scam usually starts with a website popup ...

The ClickFix attack has been used by criminals to bypass antivirus software, with new malware variants observed targeting macOS, Android, and iOS users.

In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft ...

This article is also available in German. Despite its age, the ClickFix method remains a popular tool in the arsenal of cybercriminals. Security researchers from Sophos X-Ops came across the ...

ClickFix, a new scam targeting computer users, is on the rise in the U.S. The scam prompts its targets to click on a link to fix a problem.