Popular Chrome Extensions Leak API Keys, User Data via HTTP and Hard-Coded Credentials (thehackernews.com)
from kid@sh.itjust.works to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 06 Jun 12:34
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NameTaken@lemmy.world on 06 Jun 12:44 collapse

Extensions are:

  • SEMRush Rank
    (extension ID: idbhoeaiokcojcgappfigpifhpkjgmab) and PI Rank (ID: ccgdboldgdlngcgfdolahmiilojmfndl), which call the URL “rank.trellian[.]com” over plain HTTP

  • Browsec VPN (ID: omghfjlpggmjjaagoclmmobgdodcjboh), which uses HTTP to call an uninstall URL at “browsec-uninstall.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws[.]com” when a user attempts to uninstall the extension

MSN New Tab (ID: lklfbkdigihjaaeamncibechhgalldgl) and MSN Homepage, Bing Search & News (ID: midiombanaceofjhodpdibeppmnamfcj), which transmit a unique machine identifier and other details over HTTP to "g.ceipmsn[.]com"

  • DualSafe Password Manager & Digital Vault (ID: lgbjhdkjmpgjgcbcdlhkokkckpjmedgc), which constructs an HTTP-based URL request to “stats.itopupdate[.]com” along with information about the extension version, user’s browser language, and usage “type”