thehackernews.com·Apr 14, 2026
Researchers have identified a campaign involving 108 malicious Google Chrome extensions that connect to the same command-and-control infrastructure, aimed at collecting user data and injecting ads and JavaScript code into web pages.
For a professional in cybersecurity, the key takeaway is the importance of monitoring and controlling browser extensions as they can be exploited to inject malicious code and compromise user data. This underscores the need for implementing strict policies and using threat intelligence tools to detect and mitigate extensions that communicate with suspicious command-and-control infrastructures.