A new version of popular social engineering tool ClickFix has been developed, potentially putting Windows users at risk.
A cybersecurity researcher who goes by the name mr. dox has developed a new version of ClickFix, a browser-based attack often disguised as captchas to trick victims into pressing a button which then copies a command to Windows Clipboard. From there, users are encouraged to paste the command into a prompt to ‘fix’ an issue. The new tool, dubbed FileFix, allows cybercriminals to execute commands on the victim system through the File Explorer address bar in Windows,” – this new attack is a similar premise, but uses Windows File Explorer to create a ‘highly plausible scenario’.
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Source: TechRadar News
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