Malware infects users through trusted Chrome extensions

calronmoonflower

Explorer

• Jan 20, 2014

• #1

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Maybe they should revivify trust when extensions are sold.

 

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Dungeoneer

First Post

• Jan 20, 2014

• #2

calronmoonflower said:

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Maybe they should revivify trust when extensions are sold.

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Scary!

But probably not a major problem long term. The privilege of spamming Add to Feedly's 30,000 users hardly seems like it would be worth four figures. I suspect the return-on-investment for this kind of scam just isn't gonna be worth it for most malware enthusiasts.

 

calronmoonflower

Explorer

• Jan 21, 2014

• #3

Google bans extensions that sent malware