Google’s Chrome web store is reportedly being plagued by a wave of malicious browser extensions.
According to a report Monday (Feb. 16) by cybersecurity publication Dark Reading, these extensions claim to offer the abilities of an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, while stealing users’ personal information in secret.
The report cites research from security firm LayerX, which found 30 Google Chrome extensions that are carbon copies of each other, aside from some superficial branding differences, many of which have tens of thousands of downloads each.
While these extensions purport to act as AI assistants, they are in fact there to steal email content, browser content and anything else the user willingly offers them.
