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ClickFix Campaign Uses Fake Windows Update Pages in Stealth

🛡️ Researchers at Huntress uncovered a ClickFix campaign that hides malware inside the RGB pixels of PNG images on a fake Windows Update page, tricking victims into pasting and running commands. The delivered payloads include the LummaC2 infostealer and the Rhadamanthys malware family, with active domains observed after a mid-November takedown. Huntress warns the steganographic technique and the realistic Windows Update motif increase the attack's stealth, and recommends disabling the Windows Run dialog and strengthening endpoint monitoring.

New ClickFix Attacks Use Fake Windows Update Lures

🛡️Huntress warns of an evolved ClickFix campaign that uses a convincing full‑screen Windows Update splash and steganographic PNGs to trick employees into pasting and running commands. Those commands deliver loaders that in turn deploy LummaC2 and Rhadamanthys infostealers. The firm reports a 313% increase in ClickFix incidents over six months and noted multiple active lure domains even after the Nov 13 Operation Endgame takedown. Primary mitigation advice is to disable the Windows Run dialog via Registry or GPO and pair user awareness with endpoint monitoring and EDR.

ClickFix Uses Fake Windows Update to Deliver Malware

🔒 Researchers warn of ClickFix attack variants that display a realistic full‑screen fake Windows Update animation in the browser to trick users into pasting commands that execute malware. Operators use steganography to hide AES‑encrypted shellcode inside PNG pixel data and leverage mshta, PowerShell, and a .NET Stego Loader to reconstruct and run payloads. Huntress observed delivery of LummaC2 and Rhadamanthys info stealers and a dynamic evasion ctrampoline technique to hinder analysis. A law enforcement takedown in November disrupted payload delivery on some fake update domains.

Operation Endgame 3.0 Disrupts Three Major Malware Networks

🔒 Operation Endgame 3.0 targeted and dismantled infrastructure supporting three prominent malware families — Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT and the Elysium botnet — in coordinated actions carried out between 10 and 13 November. Authorities disrupted or seized more than 1,025 servers and 20 domains, searched 11 locations across multiple countries and arrested a suspected VenomRAT operator in Greece. The initiative was led by Europol with Eurojust, national law enforcement partners and over 30 private cybersecurity organizations.

Operation Endgame Takedown Disrupts Major Malware Campaign

🛡️ Investigators disrupted the infrastructure for the Rhadamanthys credential stealer and targeted the VenomRAT remote‑access trojan as part of Operation Endgame. Authorities secured data linked to more than 650,000 victims and published it on information platforms so people can verify exposure. A suspect was arrested in Greece, 11 premises were searched and over $200 million in cryptocurrency assets were frozen.

Police Disrupt Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT and Elysium Botnets

🔒 Law enforcement from nine countries disrupted infrastructure used by the Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT remote access trojan and the Elysium botnet during a phase of Operation Endgame. Coordinated by Europol and Eurojust with private partners, officers seized 20 domains, took down 1,025 servers and executed searches at 11 locations between 10 and 14 November 2025. A key suspect linked to VenomRAT was arrested in Greece, and authorities warn that the dismantled infrastructure contained hundreds of thousands of infected machines and several million stolen credentials, plus access to over 100,000 crypto wallets.

Rhadamanthys infostealer disrupted after server access loss

🔒 The Rhadamanthys infostealer operation has reportedly been disrupted, with multiple customers saying they no longer have SSH access to their web panels. Affected users report servers now require certificate-based logins instead of root passwords, prompting some to wipe and power down infrastructure. Researchers g0njxa and Gi7w0rm observed the outage and noted Tor onion sites for the operation are also offline. The developer and several customers suspect German law enforcement, and some analysts link the event to the broader Operation Endgame disruptions.