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Many Chrome browser extensions do sneaky things

2014-08-20 14:08:05| InfoWorld: Top News

An analysis by security researchers of 48,000 extensions for Google's Chrome browser uncovered many that are used for fraud and data theft -- actions that are mostly undetectable to regular users. The study, due to be presented Thursday at the Usenix Security Symposium in San Diego, forecasts growing security problems around extensions as cyber criminals tap into the rich data contained in Web browsers for profit.

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