ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral
2026-09-12T20:51:39Z•8a077ac1addbcef8354e784aeb835e755a3596f2640296f091f06749c3f8abf8
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What happened
An RSS collection of recent Ars Technica security reporting covering active exploitation, phishing and ClickFix social engineering, browser and Windows exploit kits, large-scale patching, AI-agent sandbox escape and prompt-injection risks, supply-chain compromises, credential theft, privacy abuse, BGP hijacking, proxy networks, and wireless attacks. The feed includes multiple potentially high-impact incidents, but the provided summaries do not identify specific CVE numbers for most stories.
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- 2026-09-12T20:51:39Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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