More malicious extensions in Chrome Web Store
So far I discovered 18 malicious extensions with 55 million users in total. Most popular ones are: Autoskip for Youtube, Crystal Ad block and Brisk VPN. They have been active for two years, undetected by Google.
Mike Pemberton Sastharam Ravendran Vincent Descamps Mozilla Webextension Image Download Center Image Downloader
Source: palant.info