Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions – Go Health Pro

Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions – Go Health Pro

The people overseeing the security of Google’s Chrome browser explicitly forbid third-party extension developers from trying to manipulate how the browser extensions they submit are presented in the Chrome Web Store. The policy specifically calls out search-manipulating techniques such as listing multiple extensions that provide the same experience or plastering extension descriptions with loosely related … Read more

Chrome extensions compromised in Christmas Day supply chain attack – Go Health Pro

Chrome extensions compromised in Christmas Day supply chain attack – Go Health Pro

In a supply chain attack that was first detected on Dec. 25, several Chrome extensions were compromised after a Cyberhaven employee was tricked by a phishing email that stole the worker’s credentials to the Google Chrome Web Store. A Dec. 27 blog post by Cyberhaven explained the attacker used these credentials on Dec. 24 to … Read more

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