PULSE NAME
IOC - Windows and macOS Malware Spreads via Fake “Claude Code” Google Ads
WHITE celestre 2026-05-20 Modified: 2026-05-20
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MEDIUM VOLUME
Claude has been in the news for quite some time, and cybercriminals are capitalizing by anticipating people will be searching for tools and downloads related to this LLM. To exploit this interest, they bought a convincing sponsored result that shows up above legitimate search results, redirecting victims to a fake documentation page that looks much like the real one.
Indicators of Compromise (6 / 14 total)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 URL hostname
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-SHA256 3b4d3a59024f14cf1f07395afd6957be05d125e00ae8fdcea3a5dee1d8ab9dd3 2026-05-20
FileHash-SHA256 505b32ac2b6fffb5fac81d5bdc2e1e8581fc4196dfb01aee852216a3ad6ff47e 2026-05-20
FileHash-SHA256 762fb099115d1917b6f673cc5c74a4b61962a64d640673aaf02566ca6a3dbfa4 2026-05-20
FileHash-SHA256 79cd21185c51a5bfe2cfebdc51e14b258d91549fc0e4e09b6939c2a8a1c5ac19 2026-05-20
FileHash-SHA256 a78e487995ab452c5990b4baff6a4fa485ae2798c2ddd13718c17eb641f11646 2026-05-20
FileHash-SHA256 eb4d9a0e4c483dc29ae8c4d31fafcd583c457923d3344745b5c7ab13abed4dc5 2026-05-20