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Fake Anthropic Sites Deliver Fileless Infostealer to Claude Code Users

A new threat intelligence report by security research firm Cyderes has exposed an active credential theft campaign targeting first-time users of Anthropic’s Claude Code tool.

Shared with Hackread.com, the findings show how threat actors exploit the rapid adoption of AI coding tools to compromise small business owners, entrepreneurs, and teachers who lack enterprise-grade protections.

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Cyderes’ research reveals that the attack begins with SEO poisoning; when a user searches for how to install the software, they are taken to a spoofed Anthropic page. They are then instructed to open the Windows Run dialog box (Win+R) and paste a malicious mshta.exe command. This is a classic ClickFix lure that helps the attackers establish hands-on keyboard execution to bypass automated sandbox analysis.

The file mshta.exe, when executed, retrieves a 6.7 MB MP3/HTA polyglot payload from download.version-516.com/claude. This file runs two formats at once; it contains valid audio tags...

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Why 007 First Light Is Being Praised As James Bond's Best Game Yet

IO Interactive's 007 First Light has already proven to be among the most successful Bond games of all time, launching to critical acclaim and 1.5 million day-1 sales. The only better launch this year was the long-anticipated Crimson Desert, which launched with 2 million sales in 24

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China's tech boom is creating a new kind of tech tourism where visitors pay for curated robotaxi rides and tours of EV factories and AI and robotics companies

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Why 007 First Light Is Being Praised As James Bond's Best Game Yet