ClickFix Malware Report

ClickFix is a rapidly evolving social engineering technique that tricks users into executing malicious commands through fake CAPTCHA checks, browser errors, verification prompts, and other seemingly legitimate instructions. Unlike traditional malware delivery, ClickFix often requires no software exploit—the user is manipulated into initiating the attack themselves.
In ClickFix & Beyond, CTM360 examines how this technique has evolved from its early emergence into a broader ecosystem of user-assisted malware delivery. The research combines campaign-level and host-level analysis, including more than 3,000 compromised websites, to trace how malicious lures are distributed, how attackers use compromised legitimate infrastructure, how targeting and evasion mechanisms work, and what happens after a malicious command is executed.
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The report explores ClickFix variants, fake CAPTCHA and browser-error lures, phishing, malvertising and SEO poisoning, compromised WordPress sites, PowerShell execution, blockchain and Telegram-based infrastructure, Vidar Stealer delivery, MITRE ATT&CK mappings, Indicators of Compromise, and practical remediation guidance.
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Download the report to understand how ClickFix attacks work, how they evade traditional security controls, and the defensive signals organizations should monitor.