AI synthesis 737 malicious Chrome VPN extensions impersonating known services routed users' browser traffic through a single provider's SOCKS5 proxies, mainly targeting Russian-speaking users seeking blocked content. Users should check installed extensions and remove any matching these fake add-ons.
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A massive set of 737 free VPN and proxy extensions have been found to mainly target Russian-speaking users seeking access to blocked services with an aim to intercept browser traffic and route them through a proxy infrastructure. The extensions, published across at least 40 Ch...
More than 737 browser extensions published on the Chrome Web Store impersonated well-known VPN and proxy services while routing users' traffic through SOCKS5 proxies operated by a single provider. [...]