Ilexx/Getty Images While some consumers spend hours researching must-add Google Chrome extensions, most don’t consider which ones they need to delete. Following a seven-year cyberhacking campaign that infected roughly 4.3 million Chrome and Edge browsers with spyware, it might be time to do just that. Dubbed ShadyPanda by the cybersecurity research firm Koi Security, which first reported the scheme in December 2025, the group operated several legitimate browser extensions for years before weaponizing them to collect its users web browsing data. According to Koi Security, the Chinese hacking group is a quintessential example of how malicious actors attack popular marketplaces like Google...
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Cyberhackers Just Turned 150 Browser Extensions Into Viruses
Ilexx/Getty Images While some consumers spend hours researching must-add Google Chrome extensions, most don’t consider which ones they need to delete. Following a seven-year cyberhacking campaign that infected roughly 4.3 million Chrome and Edge browsers with spyware, it might be time to do just that. Dubbed ShadyPanda by the cybersecurity research firm Koi Security, which first reported the scheme in December 2025, the group operated several legitimate browser extensions for years before weaponizing them to collect its users web browsing data. According to Koi Security, the Chinese hacking group is a quintessential example of how malicious actors attack popular marketplaces like Google...