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49 crypto-wallet pickpocketing browser extensions booted from the Chrome web store

49 crypto-wallet pickpocketing browser extensions booted from the Chrome web store

| | browser extension, Chrome extension, chrome store, chrome store malware, Industry News, malicious extension
Hackers have been using Google Ads to target unsuspecting cryptocurrency investors into installing malicious browser extensions, with the aim of stealing passphrases and private keys and draining funds from their wallets. Harry ...
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OAuth, XSS, Google WhiteSource Log4j Deepfence threat report

New Service Scans Chrome Extensions for Vulnerabilities and Privacy Risks

| | Adobe Reader, BadPDF, Chrome extension, credentials leak, CRXcavator, CVE 2019-7089, extension scanner, malicious extension, NTLM hash, PDF callback, security assessment, XML Form Architecture
Over the past few years, hackers have increasingly abused Google Chrome extensions to steal people’s data, inject rogue ads into websites or hijack CPU power to mine cryptocurrency. Now, a new online ...
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Google Cracks Down on Malicious Chrome Extensions

| | Google Chrome, malicious extension, vulnerability patch
The next major version of Google Chrome will give users finer-grained control over how extensions interact with the websites they visit. This decision comes after malicious extensions have repeatedly made their way ...
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