08/21/2026
โ ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ & ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ โ ๏ธ
I ran into a very convincing fake โ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ screen while signing in to a legitimate website (my CRM).
It gave keyboard instructions that look harmlessโbut the site had secretly copied a malicious command to my clipboard.
๐ข๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐:
๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ + ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ก โ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ + ๐ โ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง
๐ข๐ป ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐, ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐:
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ + ๐ โ ๐พ๐ฉ๐ง๐ก + ๐ โ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง
๐๐ข ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ! A real Cloudflare verification will ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ask you to open Terminal, PowerShell, Command Prompt, or the Windows Run box and paste anything.
If a website asks you to do that:
โข ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐
โข ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
โข ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐โ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
๐๐ฎ๐ฏ
โข ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐
๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
This scam is often called ๐พ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญโit relies on getting you to run malware rather than hacking your computer directly. Please share this, especially with anyone who may not recognize the warning signs.
