Recorded Future's Insikt GroupⓇ has been tracking ClickFix, a social engineering technique that turns a familiar logo or verification prompt into the entry point for an attack. Here's what that research reveals about catching it, and why it's now running inside Malicious Site Monitoring, part of our newly launched Digital Risk Protection solution.
The Lure Isn't The Malware. It's Your Logo.
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