OTX Bot<p>The rising threat of social engineering through fake fixes</p><p>ClickFix is an emerging social engineering tactic that manipulates users into executing malicious actions under the guise of troubleshooting or system maintenance. Attackers present fake error messages, CAPTCHA verifications, or system prompts to convince users to take actions that compromise their devices, often by manually copying and pasting malicious commands into the command line. This method bypasses modern security solutions by tricking users into executing commands themselves. Recent campaigns like OBSCURE#BAT and Storm-1865 have targeted various industries and regions. The attack vector has been observed in Field Effect's telemetry, with attempts to deploy AsyncRAT and other malware. Mitigation strategies include restricting command line use, deploying advanced threat detection solutions, enhancing email and web filtering, training users, and maintaining up-to-date security measures.</p><p>Pulse ID: 67dd406c50b049fa09cf97b4<br>Pulse Link: <a href="https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67dd406c50b049fa09cf97b4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67dd4</span><span class="invisible">06c50b049fa09cf97b4</span></a> <br>Pulse Author: AlienVault<br>Created: 2025-03-21 10:33:16</p><p>Be advised, this data is unverified and should be considered preliminary. Always do further verification.</p><p><a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/AsyncRAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsyncRAT</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/CAPTCHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAPTCHA</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/Email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Email</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/OTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTX</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/OpenThreatExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenThreatExchange</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/RAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAT</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/SocialEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a> <a href="https://social.raytec.co/tags/AlienVault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienVault</span></a></p>