Technology · 1 year ago

More malicious extensions in chrome web store 👀

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More malicious extensions in chrome web store 👀

Technology · 1 year ago

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More malicious extensions in Chrome Web Store

So far I discovered 18 malicious extensions with 55 million users in total. Most popular ones are: Autoskip for Youtube, Crystal Ad block and Brisk VPN. They have been active for two years, undetected by Google.

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1 year ago
Wow that’s bad. I wonder if the ff store has the same problems.
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  It sad to see google is not maintaining it correctly

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