GhostDesk Chrome Spyware Distributed via Fake CCleaner
A fake CCleaner installer from a lookalike domain delivers the GhostDesk Chrome extension, which steals credentials, captures screenshots, and logs keystrokes.
Tag: chrome extension
AI Sidebar Chrome Extension: Clean-then-Poisoned Update
This Chrome extension was removed for prompt poaching but returned with a monetization scheme. It opens affiliate links in foreground tabs on…
Malicious Google Drive Offline Chrome Extension
A fake Chrome extension sideloaded by patching Chrome's Secure Preferences file, used to drain cryptocurrency wallets. Part of the DPRK malvertising campaign's…
DPRK-Linked macOS Malvertising Uses Fake Updates to Deliver Crypto-Stealing Malware
Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been attributed to a sophisticated macOS malvertising campaign that involves redirecting users to fake…
Adobe Acrobat Chrome Extension Flaw (CVE-2026-48294) Enables Silent WhatsApp Data Theft
Cybersecurity researchers at Guardio Labs have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension, which has over…
Adobe Acrobat Chrome Extension – Browser Extension
The Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension is a browser extension with over 314 million users that provides PDF and document-related features. It was…
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.…
Netskope Threat Labs: Chrome Extension Monetization Scheme
Netskope Threat Labs reported the return of the 'AI Sidebar' Chrome extension, which after being removed for prompt poaching, resurfaced with a…
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…
PUP: Potentially Unwanted Program Family Distributed via Chrome Extensions
A network of 152 Chrome wallpaper extensions with 105,000 installs distributes a potentially unwanted program (PUP) family. The extensions collect user data…