Malicious Perplexity Chrome Extension Intercepted Searches and Address Bar Input
Microsoft has discovered a malicious Chrome extension that posed as the AI search engine Perplexity and quietly logged what people searched for.…
Tag: browser security
Chromium Browsers: Open-Source Browser Project
Chromium browsers are open-source web browsers that share the same codebase. The StegoAd campaign's indicators of compromise apply to Chromium-based browsers.
152 Chrome Wallpaper Extensions with 105K Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a network of 152 Google Chrome extensions posing as live wallpaper add-ons that distribute a potentially unwanted program…
PCI DSS v4.0.1 Now Mandates Payment Page Script Monitoring: QSA Validates Reflectiz Platform
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v4.0.1 has introduced two critical requirements—6.4.3 and 11.6.1—that directly address the risk of…
Chrome Ad Blocker with 10M+ Installs Found with Dormant Script Injection Capability
An analysis of a popular Google Chrome ad block extension for YouTube, named Adblock for YouTube (ID: cmedhionkhpnakcndndgjdbohmhepckk), has uncovered the ability…