Unfortunate victims are then told to press Ctrl+V, which pastes a malicious code into the Run prompt automatically copied to ...

Social engineering attacks are probably still among the most used ways to actually infect a computer or steal someone's data.

This new scam, a recent iteration of ClickFix, is designed to trick you into executing a dangerous command under the guise of ...

New ClickFix attack variants have been observed where threat actors trick users with a realistic-looking Windows Update ...

ClickFix has become hugely successful as it relies on a simple yet effective method, which is to entice a user into infecting ...

The first step defenders should take is to stop the ability of this malware to run, says the report. “The most effective way to mitigate ClickFix is by disabling the Windows Run box,” says Huntress, ...

Hackers have taken a familiar social engineering trick to a whole new level, luring users in with update and hiding payload ...

Researchers say the campaign has been active since at least early October and is still very much ongoing, with multiple look-alike domains hosting the fake update screen.

The fake update screen then encourages the user to press the Windows button together with the R key—a little-known function to open the run dialog box, a way to launch programs on a Windows PC. All ...

It might have a legit looking phone number, but that Windows Defender alert might be fake. Here's what to look out for.

Over the last few months, FireEye has tracked an in-the-wild campaign that leverages compromised sites to spread fake updates. In some cases, the payload was the NetSupport Manager remote access tool ...