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Apple adds macOS Terminal warning to block ClickFix attacks

ID: 1f7caba1-3918-541c-851e-1c7e8d1b4988

STIX ID: report--1f7caba1-3918-541c-851e-1c7e8d1b4988

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
20/100

Date Published: 2026-03-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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Apple's macOS Tahoe 26.4 introduces a Terminal safety feature that delays execution of pasted commands and displays a warning to help block ClickFix social-engineering attacks; user reports indicate the prompt may trigger when copying from Safari, appear once per session, and possibly perform some analysis, but Apple has not published official documentation on detection criteria.

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