Talos Takes

← Talos Takes23 Sept · 19 min

ClickFix, EtherHiding, and the rise of malicious code in the blockchain

ClickFix, EtherHiding, and the rise of malicious code in the blockchain23 Sept19 min

In this episode of Talos Takes, Amy sits down with researcher Vanja Svajcer to break down a sophisticated, multi-stage infection chain that leverages a combination of ClickFix social engineering, WebDAV, and decentralized infrastructure. Vanja walks us through how threat actors are repurposing legitimate user behaviors — like solving CAPTCHAs — to gain unauthorized access, and how they utilize blockchain smart contracts as bulletproof storage for malicious code. We also explore the divergence...