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57 suspicious Chrome extensions with millions of installs | Kaspersky official blog
- Cybersecurity researchers found 57 suspicious extensions in the Chrome Web Store with over six million users.
- The extensions had alarming permissions that didn’t match their descriptions and were hidden from searches.
- Browser extensions can pose security risks and compromise privacy, even if downloaded from official stores.
- The suspicious extensions requested broad permissions, such as access to cookies, potentially allowing for data theft.
- These extensions could track user actions, change search engines, inject scripts, and activate advanced tracking.
- An investigation started with one extension, Fire Shield Extension Protection, which led to the discovery of more suspicious plugins.
- Most of these extensions claimed to block ads or improve search results, but lacked the necessary code to do so.
- The plugins were linked to a suspicious domain and shared common traits, suggesting they belong to the same family of spyware.
- Users are advised to check for and delete suspicious extensions, download only necessary ones, and use reliable security software.
- The extensions appeared to be part of a spyware or data-stealing program family, emphasizing the importance of cautious extension usage.
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