Chrome Extensions
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HermeticReader Turned Adobe Acrobat Into a WhatsApp Spy on 329 Million Browsers
An Adobe extension on roughly 329 million browsers had a flaw the researchers named HermeticReader, and it let any web page you opened read your WhatsApp Web. …

GhostPoster Malware: How Browser Extensions Hide JavaScript in PNG Icons
Your browser extension logo just became malware. Not the code. The actual image file. A PNG icon sitting in your toolbar, looking normal, hiding JavaScript that …

Malicious Chrome Extensions Steal ChatGPT Conversations from 900,000 Users
Two Chrome extensions. 900,000 users. Every ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversation stolen. Sent to attacker servers every 30 minutes. Google gave one of them a …