Hackers spread malware using Fake ChatGPT apps, a fashion chatbot. The strategy is repeated and any app, service or media event is used to launch malicious campaigns.

ChatGPT has gained huge popularity since its launch in November last year, becoming the fastest growing consumer app in modern history with over 100 million users by January 2023. This has forced the OpenAI organization to limit the use of This tool has already launched (to ensure cash flow ) paid the ChatGPT Plus version, which allows you to use the chatbot without restrictions on availability.

The conditions were created so that cybercriminals take advantage of the tool’s popularityfueled by Microsoft’s multi-million dollar investment in chatbot usage on Bing and the response of tech bigs designing their own chatbots, Google’s Bard as a prime example.

Fake ChatGPT apps

Security researcher Dominic Alvieri was one of the first to discover the attacks. As one who uses the domain “chat-gpt-pc.online” infect visitors with specialized information-stealing Redline malware under the guise of downloading ChatGPT for Windows. This website was promoted by a Facebook page that used official ChatGPT logos to trick users into redirecting them to a malicious website.

The security analyst also detected fake ChatGPT apps promoted on Google Play and Android app stores from third parties. The catch is clear: they all promise unlimited, uninterrupted “access” and free» to the alleged premium ChatGPT.

were discovered more than 50 malicious applications using ChatGPT icon and similar name which are all fake and try to perform malicious activities on users’ devices. Two prominent examples are ‘chatGPT1’, which is a fraudulent SMS billing application, and ‘AI Photo’, which contains Spynote malware that can steal call logs, contact lists, SMS and files from devices.

IMPORTANT

ChatGPT is an exclusively online tool Only available at “chat.openai.com” and currently does not offer any mobile or desktop apps for any operating system. Any other apps, services or sites that claim to be ChatGPT are fake, designed to scam or infect with malware and users should dispose of them completely. Let’s not make it easy for the whole gang.