Apple has introduced a security feature in macOS Tahoe 26.4 that blocks pasting and executing potentially harmful commands in Terminal and alerts users to possible risks.

[bleepingcomputer@infosec.exchange]

Apple has introduced a security feature in macOS Tahoe 26.4 that blocks pasting and executing potentially harmful commands in Terminal and alerts users to possible risks.

Apple adds macOS Terminal warning to block ClickFix attacks

Apple has introduced a security feature in macOS Tahoe 26.4 that blocks pasting and executing potentially harmful commands in Terminal and alerts users to possible risks.

BleepingComputer (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

[bontchev@infosec.exchange]

@BleepingComputer Just an idea: when testing the protection, copy the malicious command from a web page, like in a real attack scenario - and not, say, from a text file. At least on Windows, this matters.

Here's similar protection for Windows but, unfortunately, it needs to run as Administrator:

GitHub - CertainlyP/ClipGuard: A lightweight tool designed to stop clickfix attacks by using clipboard formatting with execution surface checks

A lightweight tool designed to stop clickfix attacks by using clipboard formatting with execution surface checks - CertainlyP/ClipGuard

GitHub (github.com)