Fake AI Desktop Apps Used to Deploy Cryptocurrency Miners
Original headline: Fake ChatGPT and Claude Apps Abuse Signed Executables to Deploy Crypto Miners
Threat actors released fake desktop applications masquerading as Anthropic Claude and OpenAI ChatGPT. They created GitHub projects named GPT‑5.6 Sol, GPT‑6 Astra, and Claude Opus, and used signed executables to deliver malicious loaders and cryptocurrency miners.
Malicious code disguised as AI apps is distributed via signed binaries, making detection and mitigation more challenging.
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