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Security Brief: ClickFix Social Engineering Technique Floods Threat Landscape (www.proofpoint.com)

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The ClickFix social engineering technique uses dialogue boxes containing fake error messages to trick people into copying, pasting, and running malicious content on their own computer.

Example of early ClickFix technique used by ClearFake.

Super interesting article! Thanks for sharing