Seriously? ClickFix. Fucking *ClickFix*.

Right, so listen up, because I’m only explaining this once. Some absolute geniuses (read: script kiddies with a slightly better understanding of LLMs than your average grandma) figured out they can poison AI-generated summaries – the ones people are now relying on instead of, you know, *reading things* – to push malware links. It’s called “ClickFix” and it’s as subtle as a brick through a window.

Basically, they craft malicious content that looks legit to AI summarization tools. The AI happily spits out a summary that includes a link to a site loaded with nasties. People skim the summary, see a “helpful” link, and BAM! Compromised. It’s exploiting the fact everyone is too lazy to actually *think* anymore.

They’ve been targeting stuff like Microsoft Rewards and other tempting-but-sketchy offers. The researchers at Wiz found it, of course, because someone has to clean up after these morons. They’re using techniques to make the malicious links appear more trustworthy to the AI models. It works on a bunch of different summarization services too – Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE), Microsoft Copilot, and even Perplexity AI.

The fix? Well, it involves better filtering by the AI providers, but honestly, good luck with *that*. And for you lot out there: STOP blindly trusting summaries. Read the source material! Use your brain! Is that too much to ask?!

Honestly, this is just… predictable. The internet was a mistake.

Source: ClickFix Attack Tricks AI Summaries Into Pushing Malware

Speaking of predictable, I once had to debug a system where users were getting phished because they thought an email from “Microsoft Support” asking for their passwords was legit. The guy who wrote the security awareness training? Used Comic Sans and clip art. Seriously. *Comic Sans*. Some people just want to watch the world burn.

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