This Fake Windows BSOD Is Actually A Malware Trap

Windows users need to be vigilant, as a new ClickFix malware campaign is deploying fake blue screen of death (BSOD) errors ...
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Fake Windows BSODs check in at Europe's hotels to con staff into running malware

Phishers posing as Booking.com use panic-inducing blue screens to bypass security controls Russia-linked hackers are sneaking ...

ClickFix attack uses fake Windows BSOD screens to push malware

A new ClickFix social engineering campaign is targeting the hospitality sector in Europe, using fake Windows Blue Screen of ...
Dark Reading

ClickFix Campaign Serves Up Fake Blue Screen of Death

Threat actors are using the social engineering technique to deploy the DCRat remote access Trojan against targets in the ...
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A fake Windows Update screen is fooling Windows users into installing malware

Full-screen fake Windows Update or captcha tricks users into pasting and running attacker commands. Malware is steganographically stored in PNG pixels; a .NET Stego Loader extracts, decrypts, and runs ...
Bleeping Computer

ClickFix attack uses fake Windows Update screen to push malware

ClickFix attack variants have been observed where threat actors trick users with a realistic-looking Windows Update animation in a full-screen browser page and hide the malicious code inside images.
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What causes ‘blue screen’ errors on Windows computers?

Q: What causes the blue screen errors that freezes everything on my Windows computer? A: The Blue Screen of Death—often shortened to BSOD—is Windows’ way of saying something went wrong at a system ...