500+ Malicious Google Chrome Extensions Removed From The Web Store
Google has removed more than 500 malicious extensions from its Chrome Web Store after security researchers discovered that the extensions were injecting malicious ads into users’ web browsing sessions and uploading private browsing data to servers without their consent. The two-month-long investigation was carried out by independent security researcher Jamila Kaya and Cisco’s Duo Security team who shared the findings with ZDNet . According to Duo, the malware campaign is “a large-scale campaign of copycat Chrome extensions that infected users’ browsers....