This site eventually directs you to a Chrome extension download from the official extension store.Īt this point, you may expect some malicious behaviour to happen while the actual extension itself is nothing like what it claims to be.The destination site claims to offer a form of Chat GPT inside of your search results.You search for Chat GPT-4 in Google, and the search returns a sponsored ad result.The flow of attack from initial search to infection and compromise is as follows: Scammers are more than well positioned to take advantage of this trend, and this is a very strong hook given how many people want to see what all of the fuss is about. Whether we're talking AI generating works of visual art, music, or even just fielding customer support questions, it's increasingly becoming a topic you can't avoid. As per the link, in addition to holding conversations with a user, it can also in theory “create” forms of content like works of fiction. This is the latest iteration of what is essentially a supposedly very smart AI chatbot. There’s some bad things lurking in search engine results waiting to compromise your Facebook account.Ī rogue Chrome extension deployed in a campaign targeting Facebook users is “hitting thousands a day” according to researchers who made this discovery. If you’re particularly intrigued by the current wave of interest in AI, take care.

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