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A web browser window showing the extension management page with numerous fake VPN add-ons installed, their permission requests and data collection warnings visi
Identity & Access

737 Fake VPN Extensions in Chrome Store Quietly Hijacked Browsers

The free browser add-ons promised to unblock websites for Russian speakers. Instead they routed every page a user visited through servers the operators controlled.

4 min read
A developer's computer monitor displaying code in an IDE, with network activity indicators and connection logs visible on the screen, suggesting background data
Threat Intelligence

77 fake developer tools on Open VSX quietly mapped coders' machines for a week

The counterfeit extensions copied real names from AMD, Azure, Salesforce and others, then phoned home to a domain registered days earlier.

4 min read
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