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Bogus Chrome, Firefox extensions pilfer social media accounts

Trend Micro has found two malicious browser extensions that hijack Twitter, Facebook and Google+ accounts. The malicious plugins try to appear legitimate, bearing the names Chrome Service Pack 5.0.0 and F-Secure Security Pack 6.1.0. The plugins connect to another website and download a configuration file that allows them to steal the login credentials from a victim’s social networking accounts such as Facebook, Google+. The attackers can then perform a variety of actions, such as like pages, share posts, update statuses and post comments.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2133758/bogus-chrome–firefox-extensions-pilfer-social-media-accounts.html

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