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Over 100 Chrome extensions in Web Store target users accounts and data

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Over 100 Chrome extensions in Web Store target users accounts and data

Tue Apr 14 2026

IAM

Malware

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More than 100 malicious extensions in the official Chrome Web Store are attempting to steal Google OAuth2 Bearer tokens, deploy backdoors, and carry out ad fraud. [...]