Once installed it "captured all the data users entered while browsing in ChromeI thought this was a nice way to save money, rather than Googling coupon codes and landing on sites like RetailMeNot.Ĭoupon sites, in general, are hit or miss, so I thought Honey would help automate this process and find more ways to help me save. The extension was called 'Catch-All' and it mimicked an Adobe Acrobat installer. One malicious extension, discovered by Morphus Labs, is as bad as bad gets.
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Look Out: chrome extension malware has evolved by Lily Hay Newman January 30, Quoting "As with Android apps, though, Chrome extensions can sometimes hide malware or other scourges, even when you install them from the official Chrome Web Store The extensions masqueraded as standard utilities And the extensions requested enough privileges that they could have snooped even more, accessing things like user data, and tracking their behavior. While most extensions are perfectly harmless, it is starting to become more and more common for unwanted and malicious extensions to be uploaded to the store and not be removed for quite a while Malicious extensions will typically try and get full permissions to modify any web traffic, which most extensions do not need. Others stole personal data or used victims' computers to "mine" cryptocurrencies Google needs to fix this problem now. Some loaded adware and took users to sleazy websites. So, then, why is Google doing such a poor job of screening Chrome extensions? At least half a dozen malicious Chrome extensions have been discovered in the past few months, most coming from the official Chrome Web Store. How does no one at the Times not tell the author of his mistake before this gets published? Chrome OS, which is based on the browser, is one of the safest operating systems in widespread use. Why not? How about the fact that the Millennials to Snake People Chrome browser extension can "Read and change all your data on the websites you visit".īrowser extensions are not toys. In its place? The ridiculous phrase, 'Snake People. When this blog started, it focused solely on NBC news.
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The issue of promoting browser extensions that can read and update every web page, keeps getting worse.
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