Attackers compromised HBO Max’s verified Reddit advertising account and used it to run 108 malicious ads in about 48 hours. The ads sent people to attacker-controlled websites that used “ClickFix” instructions to trick users into running commands that installed malware on Windows and macOS.
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A verified HBO Max account on Reddit sounds safe, right? That’s exactly what was used to push malware. Attackers hijacked that verified ad account and ran 108 malicious ads in 48 hours, sending people to fake HBO Max and AI-tool sites using a trick called ClickFix. The page tells you: 'To verify your browser, paste this command into PowerShell or Terminal.' That’s ClickFix, getting you to run their malware command yourself. If any ad or site tells you to paste a command into PowerShell or Terminal, stop. Take a screenshot and send it to IT or Security, do not run it.
Attackers took over the verified official HBO Max Reddit account and used it to run a 48-hour wave of malicious ads. The ads sent people to lookalike download sites that tricked them into copying and running commands, leading to information-stealing malware on both macOS and Windows. Researchers…
Researchers reported that criminals hijacked HBO Max’s verified Reddit account and used it to run malicious ads that led people to fake download sites. The sites didn’t provide real installers, instead they tricked users into pasting and running commands in Terminal/PowerShell, causing them to…
Microsoft observed real-world campaigns where victims were tricked by “ClickFix” prompts into pasting a command into Windows Run, which then installed ACR (Amatera) Stealer. The malware steals saved browser passwords, live session tokens, and Microsoft 365/OneDrive/SharePoint files, meaning…
Attackers took over the verified HBO Max Reddit account and ran over 100 malicious ads that sent people to fake download pages. The pages used a ClickFix-style trick: users were told to copy/paste a command into macOS Terminal (and similar OS-targeted lures) to install information-stealing malware.
Attackers broke into Brevo, the email platform Trezor uses for newsletters, and sent a phishing “security warning” from Trezor’s real mailing system. The email claimed a serious hardware issue could expose wallet recovery seeds and pushed people to a malicious site/app that asked for a wallet…
Attackers abused access to Brevo (an email marketing platform) to send highly convincing phishing emails from legitimate cryptocurrency company domains to newsletter subscribers. The lures claimed urgent security issues (hardware vulnerability or data breach) and pushed victims to click links,…
