SOCshare: 2026 July cyber landscape review

Riding the AI wave: malicious tactics aimed at deploying AI tools

The rapidly growing popularity of AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude is opening up a new attack vector—threat actors are increasingly using “hype abuse” tactics by impersonating these tools or their deployment processes.

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The article reviews four real-life incidents from 2025–2026

OpenAI “Poisoned Environment” (June 2026): Attackers created a fake but convincing OpenAI workspace and tricked employees into accessing it without any login or authentication.
Fake Gemini and Claude Code installers (May 2026): Using an SEO poisoning technique, a compromised website distributed information-stealing programs via PowerShell commands, disguised as legitimate installations.
Fake Claude Pro website (April 2026): A malicious program (possibly PlugX or an undocumented backdoor) distributed via DLL side-loading, granting remote access to the victim’s device.
Malicious Chrome extensions (December 2025): Disguised as a legitimate AITOPIA extension, they steal ChatGPT and DeepSeek chat content from more than 900,000 downloads.

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