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 ...

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The ClickFix campaign disguises malware as legitimate Windows updates, using steganography to hide shellcode in PNG files and bypass security detection systems.

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 ...

ClickFix attack variants have been observed where threat actors trick users with a realistic-looking Windows Update animation in a full-screen browser page and hide the malicious code inside images.

The update screen is a normal occurrence on Windows machines, so of course hackers are now manipulating it to sneak malware onto devices. The scheme, a recent iteration of a ClickFix attack, is ...

CSOs and Windows admins should disable the ability of personal computers to automatically run commands to block the latest version of the ClickFix social engineering attacks. This advice comes from ...

Microsoft has released two new features in the latest version of Windows 11 that aim to reduce downtime and improve system recovery. The updates, (cumulative update KB5062660) for Windows 11, version ...

The first major update is here for Windows 10 PCs with ESU. The update fixes a couple of bugs that affected ESU registrations. The update also patches 66 security flaws for Windows 11 and 10 with ESU.

Microsoft has released the KB5062660 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with twenty-nine new features or changes, with many gradually rolling out, such as the new Black Screen of Death and ...

Microsoft has released update KB5062660 for Windows 11 24H2, and that means the iconic “Blue Screen of Death” has officially been replaced by the long-awaited “Black Screen of Death” (which ...