ClickFix Smuggles Payloads Through Browser Cache to Bypass Windows Run Limits
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ClickFix Smuggles Payloads Through Browser Cache to Bypass Windows Run Limits

The Hacker News · Oct 06, 2026

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ClickFix Smuggles Payloads Through Browser Cache to Bypass Windows Run Limits
Security October 6, 2026

A new type of ClickFix attack is using compromised websites to trick users into executing a malicious payload cached in a web browser's cache. "Instead of downloading and executing remote payloads like the typical attack pattern, in this attack, the websites pre-fetch a script payload into the browser cache disguised as a PNG file," the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a post on X.

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