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287 Chrome Extensions Caught Harvesting Browsing Data from 37M Users - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News
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A security researcher, known under the pseudonym qcontinuum1, has uncovered a disturbing network of malicious applications. According to Clubic, 287 extensions on Google Chrome discreetly exfil the navigation history of 37.4 million users, or about 1% of Chrome's global user base. This incident shows the magnitude of the risks associated with the use of unsecured extensions and poses serious data leakage problems. A well-linked espionage network…
287 Chrome Extensions Caught Harvesting Browsing Data from 37M Users - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News
If you use Google Chrome, there is a one-in-a-hundred chance that a small tool you installed to make life easier is actually a stalker. A security researcher going by the name Q Continuum has released a report detailing how 287 different browser extensions are actively stealing the web histories of roughly 37.4 million people. These
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