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I Tried Apple’s New Security Feature in macOS that Warns You About Potential ClickFix Attacks — and Windows Should Take Note

macOS delays execution and warns users when pasting commands in Terminal to prevent ClickFix social-engineering scams, according to user reports from the release candidate version.

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Apple’s latest macOS update warns you before you paste potentially malicious code into Terminal, adding a vital layer of protection against the latest ClickFix attacks.

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Apple prepares protection against ClickFix-type attacks on MacOS computers, which blocks the action of 'paste' a command if it detects that it can be a 'malware'. ...

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BleepingComputer broke the news in on Monday, March 30, 2026.
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