Cybersecurity researchers at FortiGuard Labs have uncovered a cunning tactic where threat actors are weaponizing the world’s fascination with artificial intelligence to ensnare unsuspecting Windows users. In a striking recent discovery, criminals circulated a deceptive compressed archive masquerading as an invaluable technical resource titled “Agentic Coding with Claude Code: The everyday developer’s guide to agentic coding with Claude Code.7z.” Although the file appeared entirely benign at first glance, merely opening it unleashes a sophisticated cascade of concealed scripts, silently initiating a malware infection deep within the system.
