Fake Windows update pushes malware in new ClickFix attack

The ClickFix campaign disguises malware as legitimate Windows updates, using steganography to hide shellcode in PNG files and ...
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A fake Windows Update screen is fooling Windows users into installing malware

Social engineering attacks are probably still among the most used ways to actually infect a computer or steal someone's data. A well executed social engineering attack can have some pretty nasty ...

This Windows Update Pop-Up Is a Scam

This new scam, a recent iteration of ClickFix, is designed to trick you into executing a dangerous command under the guise of ...
PC Magazine

This Windows Update Screen Is Actually a Hacker's Trap

The fake update screen then encourages the user to press the Windows button together with the R key—a little-known function to open the run dialog box, a way to launch programs on a Windows PC. All ...
Bleeping Computer

ClickFix attack uses fake Windows Update screen to push malware

ClickFix attack variants have been observed where threat actors trick users with a realistic-looking Windows Update animation in a full-screen browser page and hide the malicious code inside images.