Cisco Talos highlights how ClickFix attacks are exploiting trusted online services

Cisco Talos highlights how ClickFix attacks are exploiting trusted online services

By @Zawya
Publication Date: 2026-10-06 08:43:00



Fady Younes_Managing Director for Cybersecurity at Cisco Middle East, Türkiye, Africa, Caucasus and Central Asia (METAC). Image courtesy: Cisco


The investigations show how attackers are using services that organizations already trust and allow through their networks to conceal malicious activity



Press Release

Cisco Talos investigations show attackers using trusted online services and fake verification prompts to steal cryptocurrency, credentials and sensitive information.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Cisco Talos, Cisco’s threat intelligence organization, has published findings from two investigations into ClickFix attacks, a technique that persuades victims to copy and run malicious code on their own computers.

The investigations show how attackers are using services that organizations already trust and allow through their networks to conceal malicious activity. In one campaign,…