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Google Chrome explain how users can view extension data READ MORE Jan Rubin, malware researcher at Avast, said: "The extensions’ backdoors are well-hidden and the extensions only start to exhibit malicious behaviour days after installation, which made it hard for any security software to discover". Rubin also added: "Our hypothesis is that either the extensions were deliberately created with the malware built-in, or the author waited for the extensions to become popular, and then pushed an update containing the malware. It could also be that the author sold the original extensions to someon...

Dodgy browser extensions put social media users at risk More than three million users of third-party browser extensions for Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo and others have been infected with malware, according to Avast Share this item with your network: By Published: 17 Dec 2020 14:54 Users of social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, and other online services, have been warned to be on the alert to third-party Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser extensions that are in fact malware delivery mechanisms. That is according to threat researchers at Avast, who say they have uncov...