Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... web-store/Bleeping Computer wrote:Google has removed from the Chrome Web Store 32 malicious extensions that could alter search results and push spam or unwanted ads. Collectively, they come with a download count of 75 million.
The extensions featured legitimate functionality to keep users unaware of the malicious behavior that came in obfuscated code to deliver the payloads.
Cybersecurity researcher Wladimir Palant analyzed the PDF Toolbox extension (2 million downloads) available from Chrome Web Store and found that it included code that was disguised as a legitimate extension API wrapper.
32 malicious Chrome extensions are removed from the Web Store
32 malicious Chrome extensions are removed from the Web Store
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