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A fake Windows Update screen is fooling Windows users into installing malware

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 ...
PC Magazine

Hacker Combines Porn and Fake Windows Update Screen for Malware Attack

An attack that uses a fake Windows update screen to trick victims installing malware is upping its game by incorporating porn. The attack, which we wrote about earlier this month, appears on malicious ...
Bleeping Computer

ClickFix attack uses fake Windows BSOD screens to push malware

A new ClickFix social engineering campaign is targeting the hospitality sector in Europe, using fake Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) screens to trick users into manually compiling and executing ...