Malware infects users through trusted Chrome extensions

[calronmoonflower]

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Maybe they should revivify trust when extensions are sold.

 

[Dungeoneer]

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Maybe they should revivify trust when extensions are sold.

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.

 

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