Google has removed more than two dozen malicious Chrome extensions from the official Chrome Web Store. These extensions were installed on over 75 million times by Chrome user, who need to become active to remove the extensions from their browsers. Wladimir Palant detected the malicious extensions and published information about them on the Almost Secure blog. Palant […]
System utility and optimizer apps have been found spreading malware and adware on the Play Store Another bad batch of Android apps used for phishing, as well as spreading malware and adware, have been discovered on the Google Play Store. As reported by Bleeping Computer(opens in new tab) and first discovered by the antivirus firm Dr. Web, […]
Researchers at Zimperium zLabs discovered a malicious browser extension, dubbed Cloud9, that can steal users’ private and sensitive information, and take complete control of the victim’s device. What makes Cloud9 particularly unnerving is that it steals data by tracking your keystrokes (i.e. keylogging). It spies on victims’ web browser activity, which would delight any cybercriminal. After all, […]
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