ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral(arstechnica.com)
10 pointsby joozio9 hours ago1 comment
  • cassianoleal6 hours ago
    I almost fell for one. Actually I did, but uBO blocked it.

    I searched for "Homebrew install". Clicked the first link. It looked exactly the same as the legit brew.sh. I was tired and didn't even think twice. Google wouldn't have put the scam clone website ahead of the real one, right?

    When I clicked to copy the install command (which read exactly correct), I got the uBO message saying it blocked a ClickFix attack. Users who do that without protection would have the wrong URL on their clipboard, and likely install malware thinking they were getting upstream Homebrew.

    • xethos4 hours ago
      I haven't seen it spelled out, either here or in TFA: Is uBlock Origin, and thus Firefox, required? Or is uBlock Origin Lite, and therefore a Chromium-based browser, sufficient?

      Which one blocked the homebrew attack you mentioned? Because while I have a suspicion, knowing, and having it stated explicitly, is still good information to have