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Cato CTRL™ Threat Research: When OpenClaw, Your AI Personal Assistant, Becomes the Backdoor

Cato Networks
Cato Networks
Published February 25, 2026Original Report

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TL;DR A threat actor is selling root shell access to a CEO’s computer at a UK-based automation company for $25K in crypto. The listing’s real value isn’t the shell. It’s the CEO’s OpenClaw AI personal assistant, which contains personal conversations, company databases, Telegram bot tokens, and Trading 212 API keys. With 45,000+ internet-facing OpenClaw instances (per Shodan) and 824 malicious skills discovered on ClawHub (per Koi ), AI personal…

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TypeIndicatorConfidenceScoreFirst Seen
CVECVE-2026-25253MediumScore 59/100First seen
CVECVE-2026-25157MediumScore 51/100First seen
CVECVE-2026-24763MediumScore 51/100First seen

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