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Check Point Research
October 27th, 2026 at 1:03 PM

Tricks from the Past deployed via signed ChatGPT and Claude binaries

Key Points Introduction Over the past two months, we have been tracking a campaign that abuses the popularity of AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude to spread a custom malware chain we call Yoba. The attackers use fake GitHub projects that pretend to be AI desktop applications like GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-6 Astra, and Claude […] The post Tricks from the Past deployed via signed ChatGPT and Claude binaries appeared first on Check Point Research .

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