ClickFix: The Sneaky Phishing Scam That’s Outsmarting Your Antivirus
ClickFix is not malware, but rather a cunning social engineering trick. By mimicking Cloudflare’s Turnstile human verification, it exploits MFA fatigue. Users unknowingly run hidden PowerShell commands, unleashing malware from remote servers. With a pixel-perfect fake page, this attack is a masterclass in deception, leaving users blissfully unaware as they click their way to chaos.
Hot Take:
ClickFix might sound like a new tech gadget that helps you solve the mystery of your missing TV remote, but it’s actually a cunning trick that turns everyone into unintentional malware delivery drivers. And who knew CAPTCHA could be so deceptive? The real verification challenge is spotting the fake before it spots your data.
Key Points:
- ClickFix is a social engineering technique exploiting MFA fatigue and fake CAPTCHA pages.
- Attackers use a fake Cloudflare ‘humanness’ check to push malware via PowerShell commands.
- The attack is hard to detect due to its use of Living off the Land Binaries (LoLBins).
- Campaigns have delivered info-stealing malware and remote access trojans.
- Cloudflare’s free service tier is often exploited for phishing attacks.
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