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ClickFix malware attacks evolve with multi-OS support, video tutorials

ClickFix attacks have evolved to feature videos that guide victims through the self-infection process, a timer to pressure targets into taking risky actions, and automatic detection of the operating system to provide the correct commands. In a typical ClickFix attack, the threat actor relies on social-engineering to trick users into pasting and executing code or commands from a malicious page. The lures used may vary from identity verification to software problem solutions. The goal is to make the target execute malware that fetches and launches a payload, usually an information stealer. Most of the times, these attacks provided text instructions on a web page but newer versions rely on an embedded video to make the attack less suspicious. Push Security researchers have spotted this…

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