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Popular Chrome extensions hijacked by hackers in widespread cyberattack (www.tomsguide.com)

submitted 1 month ago by jarfil@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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a number of popular extensions that enable things like dark mode and adblocking in Google’s browser have been hijacked by hackers, putting 3.2 million Chrome users at risk.

While all of the extensions listed below have since been removed from the Chrome Web Store, you will still need to manually delete them if they’re currently installed in your browser

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[–] dditty@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago

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Emojis - Emoji Keyboard

WAToolkit

Color Changer for YouTube

Video Effects for YouTube and Audio Enhancer

Themes for Chrome and YouTube™ Picture in Picture

Mike Adblock für Chrome | Chrome-Werbeblocker

Page Refresh

Wistia Video Downloader

Super Dark Mode

Emoji Keyboard Emojis for Chrome

Adblocker for Chrome - NoAds

Adblock for You

Adblock for Chrome

Nimble Capture

KProxy