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Fake ChatGPT and Claude Apps Abuse Signed Executables to Deploy Crypto Miners

Newseze Wire·Thu, Oct 29, 3:20 PMWire: The Hacker News
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Fake ChatGPT and Claude Apps Abuse Signed Executables to Deploy Crypto Miners

Threat actors are delivering malicious loaders and cryptocurrency miners under the guise of artificial intelligence (AI) desktop applications for Anthropic Claude and OpenAI ChatGPT as part of a campaign dubbed Yoba. The activity involve…

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