How online fraudsters are targeting ChatGPT users? Check details

According to Kaspersky, the hackers create groups on social media platforms which mimic the communities of OpenAi accounts. The posts have a link asking users to download the ChatGPT desktop client.

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has warned against a malicious campaign targeting the popular ChatGPT. In its blog post, the company has claimed that fraudsters are stealing users' social media details through suspicious links asking them to download the chatbot's desktop version.

According to Kaspersky, the hackers create groups on social media platforms which mimic the communities of OpenAi accounts. The malicious posts contain a link asking users to download the ChatGPT desktop client.

Besides this, the scamsters also post fake login credentials of pre-created accounts claiming to give access to the chatbot. To lure the potential users, the attackers claim that each account has $50 on it balance which can be used to buy subscription.

To be sure, while ChatGPT has north of 100 million users and Microsoft has announced plans to integrate its features with its Teams platform, little is known about Bard, though Alphabet chief executive officer Sundar Pichai said the app was to go out for testing with a plan to make it more widely available in the coming weeks. (AFP)

Kaspersky says that on clicking the link, a carefully made site designed to convince users to download ChatGPT desktop client opens. It is not the official site but looks like the original one.

After clicking the download button, the user unknowingly downloads an archive with an executable file. The user will either see a message saying ‘installation failed' or some reason, or no message at all. But this is not the end of story.

A Trojan is installed on the user's computer from where it steals login credentials stored in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and other browsers. Kaspersky has dubbed this Trojan as Trojan-PSW.Win64.Fobo.