Anyone with a Gmail account and Chrome installed on their PCs should be on the lookout for a nasty new cyber attack that could see personal emails being intercepted and read by hackers. This worrying new threat uses a fake Chrome browser extension, called AF, to infect computers and begin the data-stealing process from Gmail inboxes.
The vicious malware was spotted by the joint cybersecurity team from the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the National Intelligence Service of the Republic of Korea with experts warning users to be on high alert.
It seems victims are tricked into installing the fake Chrome extension via scam emails with this latest campaign first targeting South Korea before spreading to the US and then Europe.
