ClickFix: The Copy-Paste Attack That Turns You Into Your Own Worst Enemy

ClickFix is a widespread social-engineering technique that persuades victims to paste attacker-supplied commands into system terminals or browser consoles, bypassing traditional defenses and enabling malware installation, credential and wallet theft, ransomware, and other post-compromise activity. The report details rapid growth (500%+ detections), cross-platform targeting (Windows, macOS, Linux), adoption by nation-state groups and criminal services, commercial toolkits (ErrTraffic), and a Pastebin-based JavaScript variant that hijacks cryptocurrency swaps by modifying rates and replacing wallet addresses.