Malicious Chrome Extension Exfiltrates Seed Phrases, Enabling Wallet Takeover

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by stapp, Nov 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM.

  1. stapp

    stapp Global Moderator

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    https://socket.dev/blog/malicious-chrome-extension-exfiltrates-seed-phrases
     
  2. Rasheed187

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    It's ridiculous that browser developers still haven't tackled this rogue extension problem. I did see it was removed after 48 hours or so, shame on Google.

    Although I have to say that this extension is a bit more advanced, which makes the malicious actions harder to spot. So it's probably a good idea not to use unknown third party crypto wallets in the first place.

    https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/fake-chrome-extension-safery-steals.html
     
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