security Source: BleepingComputer

📅 29 October 2026 at 10:30 PM UTC

Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches

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A massive search-hijacking campaign involving 319 Chrome extensions with a combined 13.4 million reported installations redirected users' searches through tracking servers to generate advertising revenue from Bing and Yahoo. [...]

Publication Reference: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extensions-with-134-million-installs-caught-hijacking-searches/

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