ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral

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What happened

Ars Technica security feed covering active exploitation, phishing and social-engineering campaigns, browser and Windows exploit kits, large-scale patching, AI-agent sandbox and supply-chain risks, data breaches, BGP hijacking, malicious proxy devices, credential theft, and emerging attacks against LLM applications. Several reports describe active or high-impact threats, but the feed metadata does not provide enough detail to associate most items with specific CVE identifiers.

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2026-09-14T20:51:38Z
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