Malicious Extension Grants Threat Actors Remote Access to Google Chrome

Malicious Extension Grants Threat Actors Remote Access to Google Chrome

Cybersecurity researchers discovered ‘Cloud9’ – a new Chrome browser botnet that uses malicious extensions to steal user credentials, record keystrokes, inject malicious JS code, and ads, and even perform DDoS attacks. Cloud9 botnet acts as a remote access trojan (RAT) for Chromium web browsers such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge and allows the threat […]

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Cybersecurity researchers discovered ‘Cloud9’ – a new Chrome browser botnet that uses malicious extensions to steal user credentials, record keystrokes, inject malicious JS code, and ads, and even perform DDoS attacks. Cloud9 botnet acts as a remote access trojan (RAT) for Chromium web browsers such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge and allows the threat The post Malicious Extension Grants Threat Actors Remote Access to Google Chrome appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.