Threat Pulse 62High
Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches
Severity 3Status unknownreportedConsumer devices

A massive search-hijacking campaign involving 319 Chrome extensions with a combined 13.4 million reported installations redirected users' searches through tracking servers to generate advertising revenue from Bing and Yahoo. [...]

· 6 days ago · BleepingComputer
SourcesBleepingComputerMalwarebytes Labs
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Machine rubric: impact 2, exploitability 0, critical sector 0, unresolved +1; from BleepingComputer (press, capped until a second source or a person confirms).

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