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Security · 17h ago

Fake captcha tricks users into running malicious PowerShell script

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Hacker News ·

A fake Google captcha on Crooked Timber prompts users to press Win+R and Ctrl+V to run a clipboard command. The command launches PowerShell to download a script from fine-work-team.com. The scam exploits social engineering to bypass browser security.

Meridian48 take
This attack is a reminder that captchas are not security checks—users should never run commands from web pages.
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