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Scam alert: ClickFix CAPTCHA scam
We’ve all seen CAPTCHA prompts before, the ones asking you to click on images with traffic lights or type some squiggly letters to prove you’re human. But a sneaky scam is making the rounds again, these are fake CAPTCHA pages that trick you into running malicious code on your device. It’s part of a social engineering tactic known as ClickFix.
How does it work?
You might visit a website (often from a phishing email or pop-up) and see what looks like a normal CAPTCHA, but after clicking the checkbox, it requests a few extra steps, like:
