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#8 BleepingComputer general September 05, 2026 at 14:29 UTC

Over 5,400 hacked sites serve ClickFix payloads stored on the blockchain

By Bill Toulas

AI Summary

A large-scale operation has compromised over 5,400 small-business websites to deliver ClickFix payloads, with the malicious code stored in smart contracts on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) to evade takedowns. The use of blockchain for payload hosting represents a notable evasion technique that makes traditional URL-based blocking ineffective.

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