Cisco research describes a self-deleting Windows infostealer that searches Gmail for Amazon and DoorDash receipts and asks Claude Opus 4.6 for a 'target assessment' of each victim. If Claude refuses it switches to Kimi K2 and then Gemini 2.5 Flas...
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New Windows malware asks Claude to rank victims by how much they're worth, and switches models if it refuses
Cisco research describes a self-deleting Windows infostealer that searches Gmail for Amazon and DoorDash receipts and asks Claude Opus 4.6 for a 'target assessment' of each victim. If Claude refuses it switches to Kimi K2 and then Gemini 2.5 Flas...
Cisco research describes a self-deleting Windows infostealer that searches Gmail for Amazon and DoorDash receipts and asks Claude Opus 4.6 for a 'target assessment' of each victim. If Claude refuses it switches to Kimi K2 and then Gemini 2.5 Flash through OpenRouter, or skips the AI step entirely. It ran in the...
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