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    ClickFix: cmd.exe launched from Run dialog via explorer.exe

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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/)
    Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
    •updated Sep 18, 2026•0•0•2

    Detects execution of long, obfuscated command strings initiated by Windows Explorer, often indicative of the 'ClickFix' social engineering technique where users are tricked into copying and pasting malicious commands into the Windows Run dialog.

    Splunk (SPL)

    Tags

    T1204.004 - Malicious Copy and PasteT1059.003 - Windows Command ShellTA0002 - ExecutionProcess CreationCommand ExecutionWindowsWindows SysmonWindows Shell Corespl

    Found in

    • ClickFix Campaign Targets News Outlet with StealCLast updated Sep 18, 2026
    • ClickFix Campaign Targets News Outlet with StealCLast updated Sep 18, 2026
    • ClickFix Campaign Targets News Outlet with StealCLast updated Sep 18, 2026
    • ClickFix Campaign Targets News Outlet with StealCLast updated Sep 18, 2026
    • ClickFix Campaign Targets News Outlet with StealCLast updated Sep 18, 2026

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