Social Engineering

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Fake CAPTCHA prompts that ask users to perform unsafe actions | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: Fake CAPTCHA pages abuse a familiar anti-bot ritual to persuade users to run commands that have nothing to do with proving they are human. Microsoft's ClickFix research shows how ordinary-looking verification prompts can become malware delivery instructions.

Security-alert fatigue exploited by repeated fraudulent notifications | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: Repeated authentication and security prompts can wear down attention. Microsoft calls this MFA fatigue or push-bombing: attackers trigger repeated approval requests and hope one eventually gets accepted through confusion or exhaustion.