ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral

I almost fell for one. Actually I did, but uBO blocked it.

I searched for "Homebrew install". Clicked the first link. It looked exactly the same as the legit brew.sh. I was tired and didn't even think twice. Google wouldn't have put the scam clone website ahead of the real one, right?

When I clicked to copy the install command (which read exactly correct), I got the uBO message saying it blocked a ClickFix attack. Users who do that without protection would have the wrong URL on their clipboard, and likely install malware thinking they were getting upstream Homebrew.

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xethos a day ago | parent [-]

I haven't seen it spelled out, either here or in TFA: Is uBlock Origin, and thus Firefox, required? Or is uBlock Origin Lite, and therefore a Chromium-based browser, sufficient?

Which one blocked the homebrew attack you mentioned? Because while I have a suspicion, knowing, and having it stated explicitly, is still good information to have

	▲	krackers a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/discussions/34325#di... I think that implies mv3 does support it. Seeing as it can inject scripts, I don't see why it wouldn't be able to.
	▲	cassianoleal a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In my case, it was uBO on Firefox. I don't use Chrom(e\|ium) so I couldn't tell.