Opera is releasing a new feature that detects and blocks malicious clipboard content

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Opera has released a new protection feature.

Paste Protect can help prevent ClickFix attacks.

The feature is free and enabled by default.

When a website tells you to "copy this command to fix the issue," you may not know it, but the command in question could be malicious. These are called ClickFix attacks, as my ZDNET colleague Charlie Osborne explains.

This social engineering technique can be adapted to various access scenarios, but in general, ClickFix aims to take advantage of human problem-solving. Fake error messages, for example, could request users to fix a minor technical problem by copying and pasting code or launching commands on their system.

Also: This new cyberattack tricks you into hacking yourself. Here's how to spot it

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