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Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions

The people overseeing the security of Google’s Chrome browser explicitly forbid third-party extension developers from trying to manipulate how the browser extensions they submit are presented in the Chrome Web Store. The policy specifically calls out search-manipulating techniques such as listing multiple extensions that provide the same experience or plastering extension descriptions with loosely related […]

Technology

Time to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions

Screenshot showing the phishing email sent to Cyberhaven extension developers. Credit: Amit Assaraf A link in the email led to a Google consent screen requesting access permission for an OAuth application named Privacy Policy Extension. A Cyberhaven developer granted the permission and, in the process, unknowingly gave the attacker the ability to upload new versions […]

Technology

Hackers hijacked legitimate Chrome extensions to try to steal data

A cyberattack campaign inserted malicious code into multiple Chrome browser extensions as far back as mid-December, Reuters reported yesterday. The code appeared designed to steal browser cookies and authentication sessions, targeting “specific social media advertising and AI platforms,” according to a blog post from Cyberhaven, one of the companies that was targeted. Cyberhaven blames a […]

Sports

NBA contract extensions: Rockets’ Jalen Green gets 3 years, $106M; Pelicans’ Trey Murphy gets 4 year, $112M

Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green has agreed to a three-year, $106 million contract extension, CBS Sports NBA insider Bill Reiter confirmed Monday. There is a player option on Year 3. Green, 22, is the third player eligible for a rookie-scale extension to accept a non-max deal this offseason. New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III […]