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    Clickfix Notepadplusplus Dll Staged In Appdata

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Daniel Jeremiah@daniyyell
    •updated Jun 20, 2026•0•0•2

    This rule detects the staging of 'NotepadPlusPlus.dll' within the '%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows' directory, potentially indicating a Clickfix attack. The presence of 'Start-Process' in conjunction with these strings further strengthens the detection.

    YARA

    Tags

    T1036.005 - Match Legitimate Resource Name or LocationT1036 - MasqueradingTA0005 - Defense EvasionFile CreationMalware DetectedWindowsCVE-2026-26980

    Found in

    • Ghost CMS SQL Injection Fueling ClickFix CampaignsLast updated Jun 15, 2026
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