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

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 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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