Ongoing Chrome Web Store security saga deftly straddles tragedy and farce
Google has ousted 49 Chrome extensions from its Chrome Web Store because they contained malicious code, a ritual that should be familiar after a decade of purges.
The latest set of bad browser add-ons, identified by researchers from security shop MyCrypto and PhishFort, targeted cryptocurrency services and users in an effort to gain access to digital funds.
"Essentially, the extensions are phishing for secrets – mnemonic phrases, private keys, and keystore files," explained Harry Denley, director of security at MyCrypto, on Tuesday in a blog post. "Once the user has entered them, the extension sends an HTTP PO ..
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