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Hackers have attacked these Chrome extensions
Be careful if you are going to install these extensions
- December 30, 2024
- Updated: January 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Be careful if you are going to install extensions in Google Chrome. Once again, hackers have managed to alter some of the extensions available for the browser and add malicious code to them.
One of the affected companies, Cyberhaven, notified its users that its Chrome extension had been compromised after suffering an attack targeting the “logins” of other specific platforms. Additionally, the extensions of ParrotTalks, Uvoice, and VPNCity were also similarly altered, according to Engadget.
In an investigation conducted by Cyberhaven itself, it was revealed that the malicious extension was targeting Facebook Ads users. The aim was to steal data such as access tokens, user IDs, cookies, and more information. Additionally, the malicious code included a receiver to log mouse clicks. Cyberhaven explained that the attackers stored the Facebook user ID in the browser and used it to bypass two-step authentication.
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