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Hackers Use ClickFix Prompt to Install MSI Package and Launch Hands-On-Keyboard Attack

Cybersecurity News5 min read

A single deceptive prompt. That is all it took for attackers to gain a foothold inside an organization, spread to over 11 systems, and deploy two separate remote access tools before anyone noticed. A new campaign using the ClickFix technique has shown how far one unguarded moment can go. ClickFix is a social engineering trick […] The post Hackers Use ClickFix Prompt to Install MSI Package and Launch Hands-On-Keyboard Attack appeared first on Cyber Security News.

A single deceptive prompt. That is all it took for attackers to gain a foothold inside an organization, spread to over 11 systems, and deploy two separate remote access tools before anyone noticed. A new campaign using the ClickFix technique has shown how far one unguarded moment can go. ClickFix is a social engineering trick that presents users with a fake troubleshooting instruction on a compromised website. The prompt tells the user to press Win+R, paste a…

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