Tag: malicious extensions

2 Attack Reports | 0 Vulnerabilities

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Browser Hijacking Techniques: Some education required

This article examines three distinct browser hijacking techniques. The first involves directly modifying browser preference files, such as Firefox's pref.js and Chrome's Preferences and Secure Preferences. The second technique, dubbed BRAT (Browser Remote Access Tool), simulates key presses to cont…
adware
chrome
malicious extensions
firefox
tamperedchef
appsuite
browser hijacking
2025-12-10
baoloader
brat
key simulation
registry manipulation
Published: December 10, 2025
Downloadable IOCs: 5

A new playground: Malicious campaigns proliferate from VSCode to npm

This intelligence details the emergence of malicious campaigns spreading from VSCode to npm. Researchers observed an increasing amount of malicious activity in VSCode Marketplace, with threat actors using npm packages to inject malicious code into VSCode IDE. The campaign initially targeted the cry…
obfuscation
npm
downloader
crypto
software supply chain
2024-12-19
zoom
malicious extensions
vscode
Published: December 19, 2024
Downloadable IOCs: 2
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