When CAPTCHAs Attack: ClickFix Tricks Users Into Giving Up Device Access
Human verification systems on websites may have long annoyed digital consumers, but they also have reason to fear them — or at least fake ones that could enable threat actors to steal their life savings. A widespread malvertising attack dubbed ClickFix uses a bold new bogus CAPTCHA scheme to trick vulnerable consumers into running scripts […]
Frightful October Full of Scareware (and Tech Support Scams)
Vulnerable users assaulted by massive campaigns designed to exploit lack of technological knowledge. Fake tech support attacks have been so prevalent in the last few years that this malware was actually a plot device in the Jason Statham action movie, “The Beekeeper.” While threat actors pulled back on that particular attack in the beginning of […]