--- title: ClickFix Attacks Abuses DNS Lookup Command to Deliver... description: ClickFix attack campaigns have evolved to use the nslookup DNS lookup command instead of previously blocked PowerShell or mshta commands to deliver ModeloRAT,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/clickfix-attacks-abuses-dns-lookup-command-to-deliver-modelorat-kjxanvy1v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ClickFix Attacks Abuses DNS Lookup Command to Deliver ModeloRAT | daily.dev og:description: ClickFix attack campaigns have evolved to use the nslookup DNS lookup command instead of previously blocked PowerShell or mshta commands to deliver ModeloRAT,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/clickfix-attacks-abuses-dns-lookup-command-to-deliver-modelorat-kjxanvy1v og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KjXAnvy1v.png og:image:alt: ClickFix Attacks Abuses DNS Lookup Command to Deliver ModeloRAT 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. # ClickFix Attacks Abuses DNS Lookup Command to Deliver ModeloRAT **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ClickFix attack campaigns have evolved to use the nslookup DNS lookup command instead of previously blocked PowerShell or mshta commands to deliver ModeloRAT, a Python-based remote access Trojan targeting Windows systems. Attackers abuse DNS to smuggle payloads by parsing the 'Name:' field of DNS responses, blending malicious traffic into normal network activity. The infection chain downloads a ZIP archive, extracts a Python script, and drops a Visual Basic Script to execute the RAT. The social engineering component remains unchanged: fake CAPTCHA pages trick users into pasting malicious commands themselves. Malwarebytes advises users to slow down when prompted to run commands, avoid copy-pasting code from untrusted sources, and verify instructions through official channels. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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