{
  "id": 4380534,
  "title": "TerminalFix Uses Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to Deploy Reverse-Tunnel Backdoor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/terminalfix-uses-fake-cloudflare-captchas-to-deploy-reverse-tunnel",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-30T07:36:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/terminalfix-uses-fake-cloudflare.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft has disclosed details of a new ClickFix variant, dubbed TerminalFix, that aims to trick users into running a malicious command in Windows Terminal or PowerShell. \"While traditional ClickFix campaigns direct victims to the Windows Run dialog, TerminalFix campaigns apply the same technique but direct users to Windows Terminal or PowerShell instead, increasing the likelihood that complex",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}