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\ue804<\/i>Ravie Lakshmanan<\/span>\ue802<\/i>Apr 14, 2026<\/span><\/span>Data Theft \/ Browser Security<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign in which a cluster of 108 Google Chrome extensions has been found to communicate with the same command-and-control (C2) infrastructure with the goal of collecting user data and enabling browser-level abuse by injecting ads and arbitrary JavaScript code into every web page\u00a0visited.<\/p>\n

According to Socket, the extensions are published under five distinct publisher identities \u2013 Yana Project, GameGen, SideGames, Rodeo Games, and InterAlt \u2013 and have collectively amassed about 20,000 installs in the Chrome Web\u00a0Store.<\/p>\n

\u00abAll 108 route stolen credentials, user identities, and browsing data to servers controlled by the same operator,\u00bb security researcher Kush\u00a0Pandya said<\/a> in an\u00a0analysis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Of these, 54 add-ons steal Google account identity via OAuth2, 45 extensions contain a universal backdoor that opens arbitrary URLs as soon as the browser is started, and the remaining ones engage in a variety of malicious behaviors\u00a0–<\/p>\n