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The attack... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/c-mon-just-copy-this-text-string-and-paste-it-into-your-macos-terminal-it-ll-fix-your-computer-h-einlyyc7h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eInlYYc7H.png og:image:alt: C'mon, just copy this text string and paste it into your macOS Terminal – it'll fix your computer, honest og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # C'mon, just copy this text string and paste it into your macOS Terminal – it'll fix your computer, honest **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A newly documented macOS malware called ClickLock uses social engineering to trick users into pasting malicious commands into their Terminal. The attack targets less security-savvy Mac users by presenting a fake 'fix' that actually installs a credential stealer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of](https://daily.dev/posts/clickfix-may-be-the-biggest-security-threat-your-family-has-never-heard-of-p29pgiik1) · Ars Technica · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [New macOS ClickFix attack silently mounts DMGs to push infostealer](https://daily.dev/posts/new-macos-clickfix-attack-silently-mounts-dmgs-to-push-infostealer-tp3l5rbe7) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#malware](https://daily.dev/tags/malware), [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/c-mon-just-copy-this-text-string-and-paste-it-into-your-macos-terminal-it-ll-fix-your-computer-h-einlyyc7h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"C'mon, just copy this text string and paste it into your macOS Terminal – it'll fix your computer, honest","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/c-mon-just-copy-this-text-string-and-paste-it-into-your-macos-terminal-it-ll-fix-your-computer-h-einlyyc7h","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/c-mon-just-copy-this-text-string-and-paste-it-into-your-macos-terminal-it-ll-fix-your-computer-h-einlyyc7h"},"datePublished":"2026-07-16T15:34:08.108Z","dateModified":"2026-07-17T00:18:45.187Z","description":"A newly documented macOS malware called ClickLock uses social engineering to trick users into pasting malicious commands into their Terminal. 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