The Case for Limiting Your Browser Extensions

ronjor · Mar 3, 2020

03 Mar 2020
Last week, KrebsOnSecurity reported to health insurance provider Blue Shield of California that its Web site was flagged by multiple security products as serving malicious content. Blue Shield quickly removed the unauthorized code. An investigation determined it was injected by a browser extension installed on the computer of a Blue Shield employee who’d edited the Web site in the past month.
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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/03/the-case-for-limiting-your-browser-extensions/

Rasheed187 · Oct 3, 2021

Yes it's shocking stuff. Extensions really are a big risk, here's another example:

Malicious 'Safepal Wallet' Firefox add-on stole cryptocurrency

A malicious Firefox add-on named "Safepal Wallet" scammed users by emptying out their wallets and lived on the Mozilla add-ons store for seven months.

Safepal is a cryptocurrency wallet application capable of securely holding more than 10,000 types of assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin.

Although the malicious browser add-on has been taken down, BleepingComputer has seen the phishing website set up by the threat actors is still up.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...l-wallet-firefox-add-on-stole-cryptocurrency/

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The Case for Limiting Your Browser Extensions

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