Fake Anthropic AI previews lure in overeager employees

Everyone wants to know what Anthropic is up to, and hackers are gleefully exploiting the fact. New research from cybersecurity company Cofense describes a phishing campaign that hooks overeager enterprise users by making them think they are getting an invite to a private invite-only Anthropic preview. In reality, adversarial actors are trying to steal Google and Microsoft login credentials, exploiting video teleconferencing software GoTo Webinar branding to do so. “It sells exclusivity,” said Frank Dickson of Dickson Research. “Fear of missing out is the oldest lure in the book.” Every organization is trying to figure out where AI fits, he noted, and a private preview of Anthropic’s newest technology is exactly the invitation an ambitious employee would want to accept. “The attackers did not pick Anthropic at random,” he said.

Also reported by CSO Online.

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