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This episode discusses the ClickFix social engineering technique and its implications in cybersecurity.

ClickFix is a fast-growing social engineering technique appearing in malware campaigns, compromised websites, fake CAPTCHA prompts, and browser verification scams. In this episode Tyler Moffitt explains how attackers compromise legitimate sites by exploiting unpatched CMS or plugins, inject malicious JavaScript, and then trick visitors into “verifying” by opening Run/PowerShell and pasting a preloaded command that downloads malware, leading to info stealers and potentially ransomware.&n...

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