Attackers impersonate popular AI brands to spread malware
Sophos documented 38 MDR cases where attackers impersonated AI brands like Claude and Perplexity to deliver infostealers and backdoors.
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Perplexity
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- Mentions · 30d0
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- First seenAug 21, 2026
- Last mentionedAug 21, 2026
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- Copilotai model · 1
- Claudeai model · 1
- Rust remote access trojanmalware · 1
- financial services organizationvictim · 1
- Chrome Web Storeproduct · 1
- ChatGPTai model · 1
- DeepSeekai model · 1
- Slackproduct · 1
- Sophosvendor · 1
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