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Microsoft documents a ClickFix evolution that shifts user-tricked command execution from the Run dialog to Windows Terminal, broadening endpoint attack surface and complicating existing detection heuristics.
Summary written by editorial AI · Source link below
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new ClickFix variant, dubbed TerminalFix, that aims to trick users into running a malicious command in Windows Terminal or PowerShell.
"While traditional ClickFix campaigns direct victims to the Windows Run dialog, TerminalFix campaigns apply the same technique but direct users to Windows Terminal or PowerShell instead, increasing the likelihood that complex
Editorial Analysis
Organisations relying on Run-dialog-focused detections may miss this lateral shift to Terminal/PowerShell execution, leaving endpoints exposed to reverse-tunnel backdoors.
Update endpoint detection and awareness training to cover Terminal- and PowerShell-based ClickFix lures alongside the traditional Run dialog scenario.
A new social-engineering technique tricks employees into executing backdoors via Windows Terminal, bypassing common endpoint defences.
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