Full-screen fake Windows Update or captcha tricks users into pasting and running attacker commands. Malware is steganographically stored in PNG pixels; a .NET Stego Loader extracts, decrypts, and runs ...

This Windows Update Screen Is Actually a Hacker's Trap The latest ClickFix attack creates a fake, full-screen Windows OS update through the browser to try and dupe the user into executing a malicious ...

Cybercriminals keep getting better at blending into the software you use every day. Over the past few years, we've seen phishing pages that copy banking portals, fake browser alerts that claim your ...

A sneaky new strain of the ClickFix malware is making the rounds, and it’s going after the easiest victim of all: anyone who trusts a Windows update prompt. Security researchers at Huntress say the ...

Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. A new attack is mimicking a Windows update to try and trick users into executing malicious commands, likely to install ...