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TERMINALFIX CAMPAIGN DEPLOYS A REVERSE TUNNEL THROUGH MULTISTAGE INTRUSION

microsoft.com16 min read

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TerminalFix uses compromised sites and fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA prompts to copy malicious PowerShell into a victim's clipboard. The command downloads a ZIP, then abuses LockScreenContentServer.exe to sideload dui70.dll, which then extracts payloads from PNG pixel data, creates Run-key and scheduled-task persistence, and enumerates Active Directory, trusts, administrators, servers, and system details. A Python client opens a TLS WebSocket tunnel to gitnow[.]dev:443, allowing SOCKS-style access to internal hosts. Look out for nonstandard LockScreenContentServer.exe paths, dui70.dll loads, pythonw.exe client.py activity, and the listed C2 domains.