Even though we all know — or should by now — just how dangerous downloading a bad app on our phones can be, the same can’t be said for browser extensions. In fact, a new batch of malicious extensions with 20,000 combined downloads was just discovered.
As reported by The Hacker News, the supply chain security firm Socket found 108 malicious Chrome extensions posing as games, utilities, and other tools on the Chrome Web Store. While they might seem innocent at first, these extensions are actually designed to quietly steal your data in the background and inject ads into every site you visit online.
