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Marketed as ChatGPT enhancement and productivity tools, the extensions allow the threat actor to access the victim’s ChatGPT data. A threat actor has created 16 browser extensions to steal users’ ...

Some of the most harmless-looking Chrome extensions are doing far more than they promise, and new research shows just how easily everyday tools can turn into privacy risks. Security researchers warn ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a serious threat hiding inside Google Chrome. Several browser extensions pretend to be helpful tools. In reality, they quietly take over user accounts. These ...

You can unlock many YouTube Premium-like features for free on desktop using browser extensions. Tools like Enhancer for YouTube, uBlock Origin Lite, Unhook, Volume ...

PCWorld reports that over 840,000 users were infected by malicious browser extensions containing GhostPoster malware hidden in extension logos. These harmful extensions operated undetected in official ...

A malicious extension impersonating an ad blocker forces repeated browser crashes before pushing victims to run attacker‑supplied commands, ultimately deploying a new Python‑based RAT. Security ...

Another set of 17 malicious extensions linked to the GhostPoster campaign has been discovered in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge stores, where they accumulated a total of 840,000 installations. The ...

Browser extensions promise convenience. Many offer simple tools like new tab pages, translators, or video helpers. However, researchers uncovered a long-running malware operation that abused that ...

PCWorld reports that hackers are increasingly using browser-in-the-browser (BITB) attacks to steal Facebook login credentials through sophisticated fake browser windows. Facebook’s large and diverse ...