Anthropic

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2026
Fake Claude AI installer abuses DLL sideloading to deploy PlugX

Fake Claude website impersonates Anthropic and delivers PlugX RAT via ZIP download using DLL sideloading. A fake website impersonating Anthropic’s Claude service was found distributing the PlugX remote access trojan, according to Malwarebytes. The rogue site abuses the chatbot’s popularity to trick users into downloading a ZIP archive presented as a “pro version” installer. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2026
Project Glasswing powered by Claude Mythos: defending software before hackers do

Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos, a powerful AI for cybersecurity that could also be misused to enhance cyberattacks. Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model designed to strengthen cybersecurity through Project Glasswing, aiming to secure critical software before it can be abused. Interest in Mythos grew after a leak of nearly 3,000 internal files […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2026
SentinelOne autonomous detection blocks trojaned LiteLLM triggered by Claude Code

SentinelOne AI stopped a LiteLLM supply chain attack in seconds, blocking malicious code automatically without human intervention. SentinelOne’s AI-based security detected and blocked a supply chain attack involving a compromised LiteLLM package. SentinelOne’s macOS agent detected and stopped a malicious process chain triggered by Claude Code after it unknowingly installed a compromised LiteLLM package. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Anthropic accidentally leaks Claude Code

Anthropic accidentally exposed Claude Code source via npm, causing the code to quickly spread online after discovery. Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code of its Claude Code tool after a large debug file was included in a public npm release. The file exposed over 500,000 lines of code, which were quickly discovered, shared, and analyzed […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2026
Anthropic Claude Opus AI model discovers 22 Firefox bugs

Anthropic used Claude Opus 4.6 to identify 22 Firefox vulnerabilities, most of which were high severity, all of which were fixed in Firefox 148, released in January 2026. Anthropic discovered 22 security vulnerabilities in Firefox using its Claude Opus 4.6 AI model in January 2026. Mozilla addressed these issues in Firefox 148. The researchers state […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2026
Untrusted repositories turn Claude code into an attack vector

Flaws in Anthropic’s Claude Code could allow remote code execution and theft of API keys when users open untrusted repositories. Check Point Research team found multiple vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude Code AI coding assistant that could lead to remote code execution and API key theft. The vulnerabilities abuse features such as Hooks, MCP servers, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Anthropic unveils Claude Code Security to detect and fix code bugs

Anthropic launches Claude Code Security, an AI tool that scans code for vulnerabilities and suggests how to address them. Anthropic has introduced Claude Code Security, a new AI-powered service designed to scan software codebases for vulnerabilities and recommend fixes. Built into Claude Code, the tool aims to help teams detect and remediate security flaws faster. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2025
AI attack agents are accelerators, not autonomous weapons: the Anthropic attack

Why today’s AI attack agents boost human attackers but still fall far from becoming real autonomous weapons. Anthropic recently published a report that sparked a lively debate about what AI agents can actually do during a cyberattack. The study shows an AI system, trained specifically for offensive tasks, handling 80–90% of the tactical workload in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Anthropic: China-backed hackers launch first large-scale autonomous AI cyberattack

China-linked actors used Anthropic’s AI to automate and run cyberattacks in a sophisticated 2025 espionage campaign using advanced agentic tools. China-linked threat actors used Anthropic’s AI to automate and execute cyberattacks in a highly sophisticated espionage campaign in September 2025. The cyber spies leveraged advanced “agentic” capabilities rather than using AI only for guidance. Attackers […]