Yoba Malware Hides a Crypto Miner Behind Legitimate OpenAI and Anthropic Binaries
Source: Security Affairs
At a glance
Yoba malware uses fake ChatGPT and Claude apps to sideload malware through signed installers and deploy a cryptocurrency miner. Check Point Research has spent two months tracking a campaign it calls Yoba, which uses the popularity of AI tools to spread a custom malware chain. The attackers build fake GitHub projects that pose as AI desktop applications such as GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus. The projects look convincing and run on real GitHub infrastructure, which helps them seem legitimate to potential victims. “These projects look convincing and use real GitHub infrastructur…