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SearchJack Campaign Uses 23 Chrome Extensions to Hijack Searches of 758,000 Users
A coordinated campaign of 23 deceptive Chrome browser extensions has been quietly stealing users’ search queries and routing them through hidden revenue systems. The operation, now dubbed SearchJack, has affected roughly 758,000 Chrome users worldwide without any of them realizing their searches were being hijacked. Each extension presents itself as a useful tool, from satellite […] The post SearchJack Campaign Uses 23 Chrome Extensions to Hijack Searches of 758,000 Users appeared first on Cyber Security News.
A coordinated campaign of 23 deceptive Chrome browser extensions has been quietly stealing users’ search queries and routing them through hidden revenue systems. The operation, now dubbed SearchJack, has affected roughly 758,000 Chrome users worldwide without any of them realizing their searches were being hijacked. Each extension presents itself as a useful tool, from satellite maps to productivity apps, while silently running a different operation in the background. The way these extensions work is straightforward…
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