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

The Hacker News · Oct 29, 2026

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Fake ChatGPT and Claude Apps Abuse Signed Executables to Deploy Crypto Miners
Security October 29, 2026

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 involves creating fake GitHub projects that claim to be desktop applications like GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-6 Astra, and Claude Opus, only to deliver a malware family called

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