The Rise of ClickFix
About this episode
Dima Lenz discusses the use of ClickFix by threat actors for social engineering in 2024.
Dima Lenz (Security Engineer, Google Threat Intelligence Group) joins host Luke McNamara to discuss how threat actors have been using ClickFix to socially engineer users. Dima recounts the growth of this technique in 2024, some of the campaigns and actors that have leveraged it, and where it may be headed next.
People in this episode
Host: Luke McNamara
Guest: Dima Lenz
Topics covered
- social engineering
- threat actors
- ClickFix
- cybersecurity
- 2024 campaigns
Keywords
- ClickFix
- social engineering
- threat actors
- cybersecurity
- Google Threat Intelligence
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Google Threat Intelligence Group
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