Droidclub Botnet via Malicious Chrome Extensions That Affect More Than Half a Million Users
Security researchers from Trend Micro detected a new botnet dubbed Droidclub distributed through malicious chrome extensions. Attackers …
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Look Out: Chrome Extension Malware Has Evolved
to be wary of third-party Android apps, and even to watch your back in the Google Play Store. A flashlight app with only 12 reviews might …
Purism Progress Report, Spectre Mitigation for Ubuntu, Malicious Chrome Extensions and More
Purism, the group behind the security and privacy-focused Librem 5 phone just recently published a progress report …
4 Malicious Chrome Extensions Put 500k Users at Risk of Click Fraud
Presence of spyware and malware in Chrome browser extensions we use to surf the web is nothing new as every other day we hear about a new …
Four Malicious Chrome Extensions Impacted More than Half a Million Users
Security researchers from Cybersecurity firm ICEBRG detected four malicious chrome extensions that impacted more than half a million …
Chrome Extension Caught Silently Mining CryptoCurrency without Users Knowledge
Cryptocurrency Miners are in the raise starting from last year, more than 500 million computers are mining cryptoCurrency in their browsers …
Chrome Extension with 105,000 installs is a Cryptocurrency Miner
“Archive Poster” extension for Chrome browser is being currently used by 105,000 users. The primary function of this extension is to …
Beware of Cryptocurrency Mining Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger
If you receive a video file (packed in zip archive) sent by someone (or your friends) on your Facebook messenger — just don’t click on …
Google Chrome Extension that Steals all Data Posted by Users on any Websites
Chrome Extensions continue to get compromised, security officer Renato Marinho from Morphus Labs identified a malicious Chrome extension …
Dissecting the Chrome Extension Facebook malware
It’s been a few days since Kaspersky Lab’s blog post about the Multi Platform Facebook malware that was spread through Facebook Messenger. At the same time as Kaspersky Lab were…
7 More Chrome Extensions Hacked via Phishing Scam
“We specifically examined the “Web Developer 0.4.9” extension compromise, but found evidence that “Chrometana 1.1.3”, “Infinity New Tab 3.12.3” [8][10], “CopyFish 2.8.5” [9], “Web Paint 1.2.1” [11], and “Social Fixer…
Seven More Chrome Extensions compromised to hijack traffic and substitute advertisements on users browsers
Chrome Extensions continue to get compromised, the initial compromise on Aug1, attackers used Copyfish extension to spread spam. Now add to the list another seven extensions has been compromised. Read…
One Million Exposed to Adware via Hijacked Chrome Extension
Soon after the malicious extension version (v0.4.9) began reaching its one-million-strong userbase, people started complaining about its new malicious behavior, which involved inserting ads into visited sites. Early next day,…
Over A Million Coders Targeted By Chrome Extension Hack
For the second time in less than a week, Chrome users have been targeted by hackers looking to profit from online ad fraud. Read full news article on Forbes.com
Hackers Hijacked Chrome Extension for Web Developers With Over 1 Million Users
From past few years, spammers and cyber criminals were buying web extensions from their developers and then updating them without informing their users to inject bulk advertisements into every website…
Hackers Hijacked A Chrome Extension And Forced Ads On Over 30,000 Users
Sometimes cybercriminals go straight after users. Ransomware attacks are a good example of that approach. Read full news article on Forbes.com
Critical RCE Vulnerability Found in Cisco WebEx Extensions, Again — Patch Now!
A highly critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Cisco Systems’ WebEx browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, for the second time in this year, which could allow attackers to…
10 Must-have Chrome Security Extensions
40 Useful Google Chrome Extensions for Web Designers I love Google Chrome. Its simplicity, speed and performance are top notch, undoubtedly. Read full news article on HONGKIAT.COM