Researchers find 186 AI lookalike domains directing users to malicious lures

Security company Island identified 186 bogus domains impersonating 27 AI brands that redirect visitors to fake verification prompts, browser-hijacking software and search-hijacking extensions, The Hacker News reported. The routes include prompts that persuade users to run commands and fake security checks that deliver software called Net Guard. A separate route leads to a Chrome Web Store extension that changes the default search provider and sends searches to a third party. Island linked it to a family of 16 extensions with 972,000 declared users as of November 3. Workplace searches routed this way can contain internal hostnames, customer names and project details.