Google has removed 106 more extensions from its Chrome Web Store after they were found illegally collecting sensitive user data. The extensions were part of a “massive global surveillance campaign” targeting oil and gas, finance, and healthcare sectors. The malicious browser add-ons were tied back to a single internet domain registrar, but it’s not immediately clear who is behind the spyware effort. In total, the extensions were downloaded nearly 33 million times over the course of three months before Awake Security reached out to Google in May.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2020/06/chrome-browser-extensions-spying.html