Opera's New Security Feature Stops Copy Paste Attacks From Malicious Websites
Paste Protect offers the first native defense against 'ClickFix clipboard attacks.
Opera has introduced a new safety feature that protects against malicious clipboard attacks, the browser company announced. "With Paste Protect, Opera becomes the first major browser to include a native protection and warning system against ClickFix-based cyberattacks, which accounted for over half of malware loading cyber attacks in 2025," the company wrote in a blog post.
"What the heck is ClickFix?" I hear you asking. Seraph Securedescribes it as a "surprisingly ordinary" attack that doesn't rely on "scary warnings." Often under the guise of a Captcha prompt, ClickFix copies malicious code into your computer's clipboard when you click the "I'm not a robot" or similar button. It then brings up a set of instructions ostensibly to complete the verification, like telling you to press "Win+R" to open a run dialog, "Ctrl-V" to paste the bad code and...
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