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A malicious Chrome and Edge Browser Extension delivers powerful backdoor to stealing information from the browsers and monitor the victim’s activities. A downloader that delivers the malware payload that contains Revisit remote administration tool along with a backdoor extension to hijack the infected system. The two payloads are apparently distributing from a group of Malware authors called […]
We have seen many examples where malicious chrome extensions are used to target users and steal their information. Last month, the Facexworm malware campaign was reported by TrendMicro whose working was similar to Digimine. Now, the security firm Radware has disclosed a group of 7 Chrome extensions hiding the malware Nigelthorn that were living on […]
Last week, we told you about The Pirate Bay’s ongoing attempts to use your processor power to mine Monero digital coins. According to the reports, the website was testing the waters for about 24 hours as a future source of income. Now, it’s being reported by gHacks that a popular Chrome extension named SafeBrowse has been […]
While doing my normal scan through various sites that are known to push unwanted programs, I ran across a new version of a Chrome extension family that hijacks searches done on Google and other search engines. In addition to hijacking searches, this new variant, called “Affirmativo – Keep Safe!”, also removes web site content that contains […]
Short Bytes: The Google Chrome web browser doesn’t allow its user to use the backspace button to go back to the previous page. This change has been implemented to prevent users from losing their data if they accidentally hit the back button. The official Google extension ‘Go Back With Backspace’ can be used to restore the […]
LastPass says it patched one of two separate bugs that affected its Chrome and Firefox browser extensions, which if exploited, would have allowed a third-party to extract passwords from users visiting a malicious website. Both bugs were discovered by Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher working for Google’s Project Zero. Of the two bugs Ormandy discovered, […]
Short Bytes: Toby is a Google Chrome Extension that lets you manage your tabs super well. You can save them in different sessions so that you can come back to them later. It allows you separate the saved tabs according to work and personal needs. Gifted with a visually appealing and friendly user interface, Toby saves our […]
Short Bytes: Traditionally the URL ending with a slash denoted a directory presence at the path, and a non-slashed version implied a file. Today, it’s a good practice that both the versions of a URL produces same content. But returning the same content for both versions can hurt SEO. Smart and proper redirection from one version […]
Spammers are mass-messaging Facebook users with PDF files claiming to contain nude celebrity pictures, but which lead users to a malicious Chrome extension and overly aggressive advertising sites. This spam campaign was detected by Cyren researchers Magni Reynir Sigurðsson & Maharlito Aquino, who shared their findings with Bleeping Computer readers in advance, albeit their research […]
Google removes Chrome extension that hijacked Web browsers. Google has intervened and banned the Better History Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store after users reported that it started taking over their browsing experience and redirecting them to pages showing ads. First signs that something was wrong appeared when users updated from version 3.9.7 to 3.9.8 after […]
BitcoinWisdom Ads Remover extension for Chrome is reportedly stealing bitcoins from users. Bitstamp, a bitcoin exchange portal based in Slovenia, has issued a warning to users of a Google Chrome extension which steals bitcoin while making a transfer. BitcoinWisdom Ads Remover Chrome extension available Chome webstore, flaunts itself as ad removerfrom the BitcoinWisdom.com, a website for consulting all […]
Short Bytes: Shove extension for Chrome is made with a good intention of sharing the links with your friends instantly. But, you can also use it to play some nasty prank. Are you tired of sending useful and funny links to your friends and you’re looking for some wicked prank? Well, the crazy Shove Chrome […]
There was a time when I loved my Chrome browser very much. But from the first day of my blogging life, when I had to open lots of tabs to see different websites and multitask, I started realizing that this browser would kill my PC. Also, after seeing people’s negative reaction towards Chrome browser whenever we wrote […]
In the recent past, Facebook has brought more power to the users and now they can control all the information they’ve shared on their Facebook accounts. You can go to your Facebook privacy settings and limit the visibility of posts, pictures and whatnot. Many of you would have set the privacy of your friends list […]
Google has recently unveiled a new Chrome extension called Password Alert, designed as a defense tool for phishing threats by issuing an early warning alert for users. Password Alert will compare a hashed version of your password to a password you enter into a browser and a warning will be issued in the event that […]
Exceeding your data limit could be your biggest nightmare if you don’t have an unlimited data connection. Listening your prayers, Google has silently launched a new extension for its Chrome browser. This extension is called Data Saver and is currently in beta. Data Saver uses Google’s data compression proxy service for optimization and saving the […]