A warning has been issued for those who have a Gmail account and use Google Chrome on the computer. People with Gmail accounts have been urged to follow the advice by cybersecurity experts after a new type of malware is using these services to hack into your personal emails.
The cyber attack uses a fake Chrome browser extension known as AF, to target PCs and harvest your data from Gmail inboxes. According to cybersecurity experts, victims of this scam were tricked after they received an email urging them to install this bogus extension.
As reported by the Express, the virus was first discovered 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.
