Blog

ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps (Krebs on Security)

Sécurité
A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. ClickFix attacks mimic the “Verify You are a Human” tests that many websites use to separate real visitors from content-scraping bots. This particular scam usually starts with a website popup that looks something like this: This malware attack pretends to be a CAPTCHA intended to separate humans from bots. Clicking the “I’m not a robot” button generates a pop-up message asking the user to take three sequential steps to prove their humanity. Executing this series of keypresses prompts Windows…
Read More

ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps (Krebs on Security)

Sécurité
A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. ClickFix attacks mimic the “Verify You are a Human” tests that many websites use to separate real visitors from content-scraping bots. This particular scam usually starts with a website popup that looks something like this: This malware attack pretends to be a CAPTCHA intended to separate humans from bots. Clicking the “I’m not a robot” button generates a pop-up message asking the user to take three sequential steps to prove their humanity. Executing this series of keypresses prompts Windows…
Read More

ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps

Actualités
A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. ClickFix attacks mimic the “Verify You are a Human” tests that many websites use to separate real visitors from content-scraping bots. This particular scam usually starts with a website popup that looks something like this: This malware attack pretends to be a CAPTCHA intended to separate humans from bots. Clicking the “I’m not a robot” button generates a pop-up message asking the user to take three sequential steps to prove their humanity. Executing this series of keypresses prompts Windows…
Read More

Malicious PyPI Packages Stole Cloud Tokens—Over 14,100 Downloads Before Removal

Actualités
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a malicious campaign targeting users of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with bogus libraries masquerading as "time" related utilities, but harboring hidden functionality to steal sensitive data such as cloud access tokens. Software supply chain security firm ReversingLabs said it discovered two sets of packages totaling 20 of them. The packages
Read More

Alleged Israeli LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Extradited to U.S. for Cybercrime Charges

Actualités
A 51-year-old dual Russian and Israeli national who is alleged to be a developer of the LockBit ransomware group has been extradited to the United States, nearly three months after he was formally charged in connection with the e-crime scheme. Rostislav Panev was previously arrested in Israel in August 2024. He is said to have been working as a developer for the ransomware gang from 2019
Read More