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A week in security (October 1 – 7)
Last week, Malwarebytes welcomed National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by renewing our pledge to do what we do best: offer the best …
Google’s new rules for developers make Chrome extensions safer for all
Google has announced a range of security changes to its Chrome browser that will make the use of extensions more secure. The updates, to be …
Google Announces 5 Major Security Updates for Chrome Extensions
Google has made several new announcements for its Chrome Web Store that aims at making Chrome extensions more secure and transparent to its …
MEGA’s Chrome extension laced with cryptocurrency-stealing malware
The threats to your cryptocurrency are coming in quick! File-sharing service MEGA has been hacked to steal private keys and passwords, …
New Chrome Extension Alerts Users to Hacked Sites
A new HackNotice extension for Google Chrome notifies users when websites they access have been recently compromised. Nobody wants to enter …
Python-Based Adware Evolves to Install Malicious Browser Extensions
Security researchers have been warning of a few newly detected variants of python-based adware that are being distributed in the wild not …
Google removes inline installation option for Chrome extensions
Google is shutting down an often used vector for delivering malicious Chrome extensions to users by removing the inline installation …
Google blocks inline installations of Chrome Extensions from third-party websites
Google Inc. has announced that will be ceasing support for inline installations of Chrome extensions from third-party websites as part of …
Britannica Insights Is a Chrome Extension to Fix False Google Results
Google made a fundamental change to its search product: It started showing answers to user queries directly in so-called snippets, no …
PassProtect – Google Chrome Plugin Tell You If your Password has Been Breached
A new free Chrome extension “PassProtect” to check in real-time whether you have been using already a breached password in the past. It …
Malicious Chrome and Edge Browser Extension Deliver Powerful Backdoor & RAT to Spy Victims PC
A malicious Chrome and Edge Browser Extension delivers powerful backdoor to stealing information from the browsers and monitor the …
Russia-Linked Facebook Ads Targeted a Sketchy Chrome Extension at Teen Girls
the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released roughly 3,500 Facebook and Instagram ads purchased by the Internet Research …
Chrome Extension Malware Targets Facebook
A new malware campaign detected by Radware’s threat research group is reported to be proliferating through fraudulent Facebook links. …
7 Chrome Extensions Spreading Through Facebook Caught Stealing Passwords
Luring users on social media to visit lookalike version of popular websites that pop-up a legitimate-looking Chrome extension installation …
A New Cryptocurrency Mining Virus is Spreading Through Facebook
If you receive a link for a video, even if it looks exciting, sent by someone (or your friend) on Facebook messenger—just don’t click on …
Malicious Chrome Extension FacexWorm Spreads Through Facebook Messenger
A new variant of FacexWorm spreads through Facebook Messenger targets the users of cryptocurrency trading platforms if accessed from the …
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 …
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,…