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ClickFix ads turned Reddit users into their own attackers
A hijacked HBO Max ad account pushed fake CAPTCHA pages that talked people into pasting malware into their own terminal.
TechCrunch · 1m
ClickFix went mainstream, and it works
A fake CAPTCHA and one pasted terminal command is now the most popular way to get malware onto a computer.
Ars Technica · 1m