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317 detections

The KQL rule detects a ClickFix-style technique in which script hosts reference files disguised with an f_* naming pattern in browser profile cache directories. The key behavioural indicators are:
- Script hosts such as wscript.exe, cscript.exe, and mshta.exe referencing browser cache paths.
- Suspicious parent processes, including Explorer, command shells, and script hosts.
- Creation, modification, or renaming of t.vbs under the user's Temp directory by Windows Script Host.
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CyberExcellence Security@cyberex
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Detections.ai Community
4 days ago
7015
Detects mshta.exe launched with an inline javascript: one-liner that chains MSXML2.XMLHTTP to download, ADODB.Stream to write to disk, and WScript.Shell to execute. This identifies the ClickFix social engineering variant that fetches and executes payloads without using PowerShell.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
7 days ago
3026
Detects browser cache smuggling (ClickFix/FileFix delivery mechanisms) where a non-browser script interpreter or LOLBin accesses a browser HTTP-cache directory and writes an executable or script payload outside the cache, followed shortly by the execution of a payload from a user staging directory.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
15 days ago
901547
Detects endpoint network connections and correlates multi-stage communications associated with the ClickFix browser cache smuggling campaign, including initial payload retrieval and secondary stage/C2 communication across devices.
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ills3c Intel&Coffee@Ills3C
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Detections.ai Community
5 days ago
408
Detects Windows Terminal or related console hosts spawning PowerShell or PowerShell Core with command-line arguments indicative of staging, downloading, or executing remote scripts (such as encoded commands, Invoke-Expression, or web requests), commonly associated with ClickFix or social engineering techniques.
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ills3c Intel&Coffee@Ills3C
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Detections.ai Community
12 days ago
4011
Detects suspicious command-line execution patterns involving Unix shells (bash, zsh, sh) spawned from terminal applications where tools like curl or wget are piped directly into a shell, base64 decoding is performed, osascript executes dialogs, or quarantine attributes are removed.
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Shadows VMB@Vemorian_Mort
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Detections.ai Community
17 days ago
609
Detects a suspected ClickFix social engineering attack where a user is tricked into pasting malicious commands into Windows Terminal, leading to a PowerShell download, followed by the appearance of specific known malicious artifacts (LockScreenContentServer.exe, dui70.dll, or 1.bat) within 15 minutes on the same device.
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ᴅᴜᴛᴄʜʙᴏʏ 😎@dutchboy
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DROID
25 days ago
4021
Detects a suspected ClickFix social engineering attack where a user is tricked into pasting malicious commands into Windows Terminal, leading to a PowerShell download, followed by the appearance of specific known malicious artifacts (LockScreenContentServer.exe, dui70.dll, or 1.bat) within 15 minutes on the same device.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detections.ai Community
27 days ago
18021
Detects a suspected ClickFix social engineering attack where a user is tricked into pasting malicious commands into Windows Terminal, leading to a PowerShell download, followed by the appearance of specific known malicious artifacts (LockScreenContentServer.exe, dui70.dll, or 1.bat) within 15 minutes on the same device.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detection & Hunting Community
27 days ago
7013
Detects the ClickFix/fake-CAPTCHA initial access pattern where users are socially engineered into copying and pasting malicious commands into the Windows Run dialog or a browser-spawned shell. The rule matches on process creation events involving mshta.exe, powershell.exe, or wscript.exe initiated by explorer.exe or common shell-related processes, filtering out known administrative and deployment software.
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Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
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Detections.ai Community
27 days ago
5011
Detects ClickFix-style attacks where a user is tricked into copying and pasting malicious, often obfuscated, commands into the Windows Run dialog or a command prompt. The detection identifies suspicious parent processes (like explorer.exe) spawning shell interpreters (powershell.exe, cmd.exe, mshta.exe) with inline encoded payloads or remote content retrieval patterns. It correlates these process executions with recent entries in the Windows RunMRU registry key to identify commands triggered via the Run dialog.
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Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
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Detections.ai Community
27 days ago
9012
Detects a suspected ClickFix social engineering attack where a user is tricked into pasting malicious commands into Windows Terminal, leading to a PowerShell download, followed by the appearance of specific known malicious artifacts (LockScreenContentServer.exe, dui70.dll, or 1.bat) within 15 minutes on the same device.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Midnight Slayer
27 days ago
109
Detects a suspected ClickFix social engineering attack where a user is tricked into pasting malicious commands into Windows Terminal, leading to a PowerShell download, followed by the appearance of specific known malicious artifacts (LockScreenContentServer.exe, dui70.dll, or 1.bat) within 15 minutes on the same device.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Hunters
27 days ago
706
Detects execution of common script interpreters (mshta, powershell, cmd, wscript) from typical UI-based process launch sources (explorer, RunDlg) when the command line includes indicators of malicious activity such as hidden window flags, obfuscated content, or remote URL downloads. This pattern is characteristic of ClickFix-style social engineering attacks where users are tricked into copying and executing malicious commands.
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Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
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Detections.ai Community
27 days ago
606
Detects a suspected ClickFix social engineering attack where a user is tricked into pasting malicious commands into Windows Terminal, leading to a PowerShell download, followed by the appearance of specific known malicious artifacts (LockScreenContentServer.exe, dui70.dll, or 1.bat) within 15 minutes on the same device.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
Defender - KQL
27 days ago
204
Detects the insertion of a PowerShell download cradle command into the Windows Explorer RunMRU registry key. This activity is indicative of the 'ClickFix' technique, where a user is socially engineered to copy and paste a malicious command into the Windows Run dialog box.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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SecOps Signals
1 month ago
9238
Detects the 'ClickFix' social engineering pattern where a user is instructed to copy and paste a malicious command into the Windows Run dialog. The rule triggers on PowerShell being launched from explorer.exe with 'ExecutionPolicy Bypass', utilizing 'irm' (Invoke-RestMethod) to download content, and saving it to the user's TEMP directory via 'Out-File' for subsequent execution.
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Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
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Detections.ai Community
28 days ago
005
Detects host and browser fingerprinting reconnaissance behavior associated with the Macfinger/ClickFix infection chain. The rule identifies multiple disparate indicators (ClickFix tracker domain, ipinfo.io geolocation lookups, and known AMOS C2 IP contact) occurring on the same device within a 15-minute window, effectively reducing noise from isolated or benign network lookups.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detections.ai Community
30 days ago
207
Detects the FileFix execution chain, where victims are socially engineered into pasting a malicious path into the Windows Explorer address bar. This action results in explorer.exe launching suspicious command-line tools (cmd.exe, powershell.exe, wscript.exe, or cscript.exe) with suspicious flags or unusually long, potentially obfuscated arguments characteristic of a 'ClickFix' style attack.
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Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
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Detections.ai Community
1 month ago
108
Detects the 'ClickFix' social engineering pattern where a user is tricked into opening a terminal (Windows Terminal, PowerShell, or PowerShell ISE) and pasting a command. The rule specifically alerts on commands originating from explorer.exe that invoke web download utilities to fetch .zip archives, which are commonly associated with the Lorem Ipsum Loader initial access infection chain.
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Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
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Detections.ai Community
26 days ago
102
Detects potential 'ClickFix' activity where a browser or file explorer process initiates a shell (e.g., cmd, powershell, osascript) with command arguments indicative of remote script execution, obfuscated commands, or web-based payload downloading. This pattern matches known social engineering tactics that entice users to copy-paste malicious code into a system shell.
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Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
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Detections.ai Community
1 month ago
205
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