Supply-Chain Attack

Is Your Chrome Extension Spying on You? How ‘Productivity Tools’ Turn Into Hackers Millions of people install Chrome extensions to block ads, manage passwords, take notes, or improve grammar. They’re small, convenient, and usually free. But a growing body of evidence shows that some of these seemingly harmless add-ons are being used as backdoors by attackers to steal data, inject malware, or spy on browsing activity. ...

Your Chrome Extensions Could Be Spying on You – Here’s How to Check If you use Chrome for work or personal browsing, you probably have at least a few extensions installed. Maybe a note‑taker, a screenshot tool, or a password manager. They seem harmless enough. But a recent, well‑orchestrated attack turned several popular productivity extensions into data‑stealing backdoors—and the people behind it targeted enterprise credentials and personal data. ...