Best Detection of 2026 Series – ClickFix Clipboard-to-PowerShell Execution via R
Detects ClickFix-style social engineering attacks where users are tricked into pasting malicious payloads into the Windows Run dialog. The rule monitors for common scripting interpreters (powershell.exe, cmd.exe, mshta.exe, rundll32.exe) spawned by explorer.exe or mstsc.exe with suspicious command-line patterns indicative of payload delivery, such as obfuscated strings, hidden windows, or short-URL downloads.
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