Dissecting the Clipboard: Technical Analysis of Fake CAPTCHA (macOS)

Dissecting the Clipboard: Technical Analysis of Fake CAPTCHA (macOS)

A few days ago, I encountered a fake CAPTCHA again. I don’t have a screenshot because I didn’t take one when the site was still available, but hey, I did have the malware shell payload copied to my clipboard. So, we’ll go with its analysis. So, this all comes down to a fake CAPTCHA page, where there is basically some injected JavaScript that copies something into your clipboard when the load event fires. For example: ...

October 22, 2026 · 47 min · Spandan Pokhrel