Security News > 2020 > December > Millions of Users Downloaded 28 Malicious Chrome and Edge Extensions
2020-12-18 04:50
Malware hidden in 28 third-party extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge redirects users to ads or phishing sites, Avast warned this week.
These extensions were designed to redirect users to other websites.
According to Jan Rubín, malware researcher at Avast, the extensions might have been built with the malware inside right from the start, or could have gotten the code in an update, after the extensions gained popularity.
"The extensions' backdoors are well-hidden and the extensions only start to exhibit malicious behavior days after installation, which made it hard for any security software to discover," Rubín said.
A full list of the malicious extensions is available on Avast's website.