Hundreds of misleading VPN extensions in the Chrome Store

By withut-me 13.08.2026 at 21:35 Uhr Consumer Protection IT & Internet Media & Press
TL;DR AI-generated A security company identified 737 misleading VPN browser extensions in the Chrome Web Store, with 516 still online. These extensions do not encrypt traffic and route it through SOCKS5 servers, pretending to be known services. Users who have installed such extensions should change their passwords.

Source: heise.de

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