Chrome Extension Archives - Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2021

Watch out! ‘The Great Suspender’ Chrome extension contains Malware

Google removed the popular The Great Suspender from the official Chrome Web Store for containing malware and deactivated it from the users’ PC. Google on Thursday removed The Great Suspender extension from the Chrome Web Store. Million of users have installed the popular Chrome extension, the IT giant also took the proactive measure of deactivating it from […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2020

Shitcoin Wallet Chrome extension steals crypto-wallet private keys and passwords

Security expert discovered a Google Chrome extension named Shitcoin Wallet that steals passwords and wallet private keys. Harry Denley, director of security at the MyCrypto, discovered that the Google Chrome extension named Shitcoin Wallet is stealing passwords and wallet private keys. The Google Chrome extension was injecting JavaScript code on web pages to steal passwords and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2014

Malicious Chrome Extensions in official Store serve infected links on Facebook

Security experts at TrendMicro have uncovered a new malicious campaign based on a Chrome extension deployed on the official Chrome Store. A few months ago I wrote an article on the presence of a malicious Chrome browser extension, dubbed Cryptsy Dogecoin (DOGE) Live Ticker, available on the official store that was able to steal digital coins. […]