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REPORTPUBLIC METADATA

Microsoft spots new twist on ClickFix "cache smuggling"

Attackers now fish their malware out of the browser cache by file size alone.

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Microsoft spots new twist on ClickFix "cache smuggling"
First reported
Oct 05, 2026 18:15 UTC
Last reported
Oct 05, 2026 18:15 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:46 UTC
Record ID
ab8bf355146c087f513cfcd7002f6ba2a64724deed378dec13fbd53e563f59b5

Published indicators

Network indicators are visibly defanged. This page does not make them clickable or send them to another service.

No validated file hashes or network indicators are stored for this record.

Source observations

src_f2f60dee08521b7ce6

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Oct 05, 2026 18:15 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:46 UTC

This record contains metadata and attribution only. It does not host, download, unpack, render, or execute malware samples.

Feed collection status

Sources represented on this page. Publication and observation dates describe the content; successful batch dates describe local collection. A recent batch does not certify complete coverage or current provider availability.

1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.

Review source update dates and status
  • src_f2f60dee08521b7ce6Collection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

Stale means older than twice the recorded collection interval, with a minimum of one hour; without an interval, the threshold is 24 hours. Cached content remains available while a feed is stale, paused, or unverified.