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Fake Claude Download Ads Trick Mac Users Into Pasting Code

The scam uses Google ads and Bing redirects to push Mac users into pasting a hidden command into Terminal; the ad slot was the delivery truck.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe new twist is where the fake Claude download lives: behind paid Google ads, with Bing redirects helping, and it asks Mac users to paste a hidden command into Terminal.

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The story so far

  1. GovTech and Google DeepMind developing real-time detection of AI… · CNA
  2. AI models from OpenAI and Google easily tricked into making nudes · Ars Technica
  3. Google and Singapore build AI scam-spotter for Android · The Straits Times
  4. CNN and Google Strike Multiyear Partnership to Embrace Generative AI · Variety
  5. Google moves source links higher in AI answers, citing news concerns · The Verge
  6. Meta releases 816-billion-parameter AI model that runs on two Mac… · The Washington Times
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