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TerminalFix Uses Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to Deploy Reverse-Tunnel Backdoor

Microsoft has disclosed details of a new ClickFix variant, dubbed TerminalFix, that aims to trick users into running a malicious command in Windows Terminal or PowerShell.

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Microsoft disclosed a new ClickFix variant called TerminalFix that tricks users into executing a malicious command in Windows Terminal or PowerShell.

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