7 Chrome Extensions Spreading Through Facebook Caught Stealing Passwords

Luring users on social media to visit lookalike version of popular websites that pop-up a legitimate-looking Chrome extension installation window is one of the most common modus operandi of cybercriminals to spread malware. Security researchers are again warning users of a new malware campaign th...

New Facebook-Spread Malware Triggers Credential Theft, Cryptomining

A new malware campaign rapidly spreading via Facebook is infecting victims’ systems to steal their social media credentials and download cryptomining code. The malware, dubbed Nigelthorn by the Radware researchers who first discovered it, is being propagated via socially engineered links on...

Kuik: a simple yet annoying piece of adware

Some pieces of malware can be so simple—and yet such a pain to get rid of—especially when they start interfering with your system's configuration. This much is true for the Kuik adware program, which surprised us all by forcing affected machines to join a domain controller. The perpetrators are...

Google Chrome Extensions Security Bypass Vulnerability

Google Chrome for Mac, Windows and Linux is a web browser developed by Google for the Mac, Windows and Linux platforms.Extensions is one of the browser extensions. A security vulnerability exists in Extensions in versions prior to Google Chrome 65.0.3325.146. A remote attacker can exploit this...

CVE-2017-15391

Insufficient Policy Enforcement in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to access Extension pages without authorisation via a crafted HTML page...

A week in security (January 15 – January 21)

Last week on Labs, we gave you some background information about cookies, specifically which ones to worry about and why. We also warned you about scams surrounding the Mega Millions winner, who promised to donate his money to good causes. We analyzed a cryptocurrency miner using a very old...

Google to Block Third-Party Software from Injecting Code into Chrome Browser

To improve performance and reduce crashes caused by third-party software on Windows, Google Chrome, by mid-2018, will no longer allow outside applications to run code within its web browser. If you are unaware, many third-party applications, like accessibility or antivirus software, inject code...

CVE-2017-5094

Type confusion in extensions JavaScript bindings in Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially maliciously modify objects via a crafted HTML page...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5094

Type confusion in extensions JavaScript bindings in Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially maliciously modify objects via a crafted HTML page...

Threatpost News Wrap, August 18, 2017

Mike Mimoso and Tom Spring discuss this week’s security news, including recent abuse of Google Chrome extensions for fraud, a close look at Adobe’s decision to end of life Flash Player, and a backdoor discovered in NetSarang server management software’s update mechanism. Download: Threatpost News...

7 More Chrome Extensions Hacked via Phishing Scam

By Waqas Google Chrome Extensions on the Radar of Cybercriminals of late- This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 7 More Chrome Extensions Hacked via Phishing Scam...

CVE-2017-5038

Chrome Apps in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac had a use after free bug in GuestView, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome extension...

Google Chrome Extensions Memory Misreference Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-02114)

Google Chrome is a popular web browser. A memory misreference vulnerability exists in Google Chrome Extensions, which allows remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability to build malicious WEB pages that can be tricked into being parsed by the user, which can crash the application or execute...

CVE-2016-5217

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly permitted access to privileged plugins, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2016-5201

A leak of privateClass in the extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.98 for Mac allowed a remote attacker to access privileged JavaScript code via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2016-5218

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly handled navigation within PDFs, which allowed a remote attacker to temporarily spoof the contents of the Omnibox URL bar via a crafted HTML page containing PDF data...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5218

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly handled navigation within PDFs, which allowed a remote attacker to temporarily spoof the contents of the Omnibox URL bar via a crafted HTML page containing PDF data...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5201

A leak of privateClass in the extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.98 for Mac allowed a remote attacker to access privileged JavaScript code via a crafted HTML page...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5217

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly permitted access to privileged plugins, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page...

Spammers using Facebook Messenger to Spread Locky Ransomware

If you came across any Facebook Message with an image file exactly .SVG file format send by any of your Facebook friends, just avoid clicking it. An ongoing Facebook spam campaign is spreading malware downloader among Facebook users by taking advantage of innocent-looking SVG image file to infect...