In March 2026, Kaspersky Threat Research identified a new malicious campaign targeting developers seeking installation instructions for Claude Code, a development agent created by Anthropic. When searching for “ClaudeCode download”, sponsored advertisements appear at the top of the search results. One of these ads redirects users to a malicious webpage that closely imitates the official installation documentation for Claude Code. As a result, users are tricked into installing malware which harvests sensitive information, including credentials, crypto wallet data, browser sessions, and…
