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Google kept featuring this Chrome extension for months after it turned malicious (www.xda-developers.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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Security researchers had publicly documented the network behind it in October 2024, and Microsoft removed the Edge version in February 2025, stating that it was "malware." Meanwhile, Google didn't remove the extension until March 2026, months after it had been running malicious code on over a million browsers.

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[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Extension was 'Save Image as Type'

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe Google should consider protecting us from their Play and Chome stores before blocking 3rd party sources that actually vet their apps.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

That's likely the next step, followed by removing all extensibility in the name of security (...of Google's profits)