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Fake CAPTCHA Scams

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Briefings

A new phishing technique has emerged where attackers mimic legitimate CAPTCHA challenges to trick users into downloading malware. The source indicates this is a variation of an older scam, suggesting a persistent threat actor strategy. The evidence is limited to a single sentence describing the mechanism without specific dates, locations, or affected user counts.

Key points

• Attackers are now using CAPTCHA framing to bypass security checks and force users to run malicious software.
• This represents a new iteration of a previously known scam method, indicating ongoing threat actor activity.

Context and limitations

The provided evidence is a single sentence describing the scam mechanism. Specific details such as the date of the new variant, the number of affected users, the specific malware involved, or the geographic locations of the attacks are not available in the source.

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