PULSE NAME
Threat Actors Leverage Claude Code Leak as Social Engineering Lure to Distribute Malicious Payloads via GitHub
WHITE AlienVault 2026-04-13 Modified: 2026-04-13
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IOCs
MEDIUM VOLUME
Cybercriminals are exploiting the recent Claude Code leak incident by using it as a social engineering tactic to deliver malware through GitHub repositories. The attackers have created trojanized versions of the leaked Claude source code, distributing malicious payloads including Vidar stealer version 18.7 and GhostSocks trojan. The campaign demonstrates rapid opportunistic exploitation of high-profile security incidents, with compromised repositories serving as delivery mechanisms. Organizations are advised to implement Zero Trust architecture to mitigate risks from shadow AI instances and trojanized Claude agents. Multiple GitHub repositories have been identified hosting the malicious code, with command and control infrastructure established across multiple IP addresses and domains.
Indicators of Compromise (20)
All IPv4 FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 URL hostname
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
IPv4 94.228.161.88 2026-04-13
FileHash-MD5 3388b415610f4ae018d124ea4dc99189 2026-04-13
FileHash-MD5 77c73bd5e7625b7f691bc00a1b561a0f 2026-04-13
FileHash-MD5 81fb210ba148fd39e999ee9cdc085dfc 2026-04-13
FileHash-MD5 8660646bbc6bb7dc8f59a764e25fe1fd 2026-04-13
FileHash-MD5 9a6ea91491ccb1068b0592402029527f 2026-04-13
FileHash-MD5 d8256fbc62e85dae85eb8d4b49613774 2026-04-13
FileHash-SHA1 4c3b9af7995072965e763fca0e472f00b84a8aea 2026-04-13
FileHash-SHA1 7798feb26b98bb11f758d68e10fed0e0d7c78881 2026-04-13
FileHash-SHA1 7942f7097e151f90cb5c9f579042c36133e93306 2026-04-13
FileHash-SHA1 dff9ea007c0b24d35fd7393313c64a4b42ed1109 2026-04-13
FileHash-SHA256 06f63fe3eba5a2d1e2177d49f25721c2bdd90f3c46f19e29740899fa908453bf 2026-04-13
FileHash-SHA256 7d5e84dd59165422f31a5a0e53aabba657a6fbccc304e8649f72d49e468ae91a 2026-04-13
FileHash-SHA256 afa34c71a45f21d599c0bd90ac9026f68727aab0019c3b378956401475180c9c 2026-04-13
FileHash-SHA256 b4554c85f50c56d550d6c572a864deb0442404ddefe05ff27facb3cbfb90b4d6 2026-04-13
IPv4 147.45.197.92 2026-04-13
URL https://147.45.197.92:443 2026-04-13
URL https://94.228.161.88:443 2026-04-13
URL https://rti.cargomanbd.com 2026-04-13
hostname rti.cargomanbd.com 2026-04-13