A combination of propagation methods, narrative sophistication, and evasion techniques enabled the social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to take off the way it did over the past year, according to new findings from Guardio Labs.
“Like a real-world virus variant, this new ‘ClickFix’ strain quickly outpaced and ultimately wiped out the infamous fake browser update scam that plagued the web A combination of propagation methods, narrative sophistication, and evasion techniques enabled the social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to take off the way it did over the past year, according to new findings from Guardio Labs.
“Like a real-world virus variant, this new ‘ClickFix’ strain quickly outpaced and ultimately wiped out the infamous fake browser update scam that plagued the web
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