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Massive browser hijacking campaign infects 2.3M Chrome, Edge users

A Chrome and Edge extension with more than 100,000 downloads that displays Google's verified badge does what it purports to do: It delivers a color picker to users. Unfortunately, it also hijacks every browser session, tracks activities across websites, and backdoors victims' web browsers, according to Koi Security researchers. Color pickers let users select any color from a website and copy it into a clipboard for later use - helpful for designing apps, websites, and the like. This particular e...

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