#malicious-extensions

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fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

Browser hijacking campaign infects 2.3M Chrome, Edge users

The Geco color picker extension, while appearing safe and helpful, hijacks browser sessions, tracks user activities, and backdoors victims' web browsers, highlighting significant security concerns.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Hacker News
4 months ago

VSCode Marketplace Removes Two Extensions Deploying Early-Stage Ransomware

Attackers used typosquatting - creating a nearly identical name to trick developers into adding the malicious package. Interestingly, this malicious package has six dependent packages.
Software development
Privacy technologies
fromNew York Post
5 months ago

Google Chrome users warned to delete 16 popular extensions due to 'malicious' threat risk

Google warns Chrome users to remove 16 malicious browser extensions that compromise security and user data.
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