Cluster of 295 Chrome extensions caught hijacking Google and Bing search results
The malicious Chrome extensions have been installed by more than 80 million users.
More than 80 million Chrome users have installed one of 295 Chrome extensions that hijack and insert ads inside Google and Bing search results.
The malicious extensions were discovered by AdGuard, a company that provides ad-blocking solutions, while the company's staff was looking into a series of fake ad-blocking extensions that were available on the official Chrome Web Store.
A subsequent investigation into the fake ad blockers unearthed a larger group of malicious activity spreading across 295 extensions.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/cluster-of-295-chrome-extensions-caught-hijacking-google-and-bing-search-results
#google #chrome #bing #extensions #hijack
The malicious Chrome extensions have been installed by more than 80 million users.
More than 80 million Chrome users have installed one of 295 Chrome extensions that hijack and insert ads inside Google and Bing search results.
The malicious extensions were discovered by AdGuard, a company that provides ad-blocking solutions, while the company's staff was looking into a series of fake ad-blocking extensions that were available on the official Chrome Web Store.
A subsequent investigation into the fake ad blockers unearthed a larger group of malicious activity spreading across 295 extensions.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/cluster-of-295-chrome-extensions-caught-hijacking-google-and-bing-search-results
#google #chrome #bing #extensions #hijack
Loans that hijack your phone are coming to India
Lenders are turning to coercive loan apps that shut down smartphones if customers fall behind on payments.
Last December, 28-year-old Roshan Zameer was gripped with panic. His phone had suddenly stopped working. As an electrical repairman in the outskirts of Bangalore, Zameer needed to make a call to check if the main electricity line was turned off before he started work at a building: information crucial to his safety. A message appeared on his screen: “Pls pay the amt via online through our website to unlock your device.” His Samsung Galaxy A71 phone was then blocked by a pre-installed app, restricting access to all of his phone’s functions, including the ability to make phone calls.
Zameer had bought the cellphone secondhand online in August. The original owner, it turns out, purchased it with the promise of paying off the device through equated monthly installments (EMI), a fixed payment schedule. Zameer didn’t know the phone was on a payment plan until the day after he bought it. 15 days after he purchased it, the device automatically locked and alerted him that he was roughly $40 behind. He’s been stuck paying monthly installments ever since.
https://restofworld.org/2021/loans-that-hijack-your-phone-are-coming-to-india/
#India #loans #phone #hijack #privacy
Lenders are turning to coercive loan apps that shut down smartphones if customers fall behind on payments.
Last December, 28-year-old Roshan Zameer was gripped with panic. His phone had suddenly stopped working. As an electrical repairman in the outskirts of Bangalore, Zameer needed to make a call to check if the main electricity line was turned off before he started work at a building: information crucial to his safety. A message appeared on his screen: “Pls pay the amt via online through our website to unlock your device.” His Samsung Galaxy A71 phone was then blocked by a pre-installed app, restricting access to all of his phone’s functions, including the ability to make phone calls.
Zameer had bought the cellphone secondhand online in August. The original owner, it turns out, purchased it with the promise of paying off the device through equated monthly installments (EMI), a fixed payment schedule. Zameer didn’t know the phone was on a payment plan until the day after he bought it. 15 days after he purchased it, the device automatically locked and alerted him that he was roughly $40 behind. He’s been stuck paying monthly installments ever since.
https://restofworld.org/2021/loans-that-hijack-your-phone-are-coming-to-india/
#India #loans #phone #hijack #privacy
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Loans that hijack your phone are coming to India
Lenders are turning to coercive loan apps that shut down smartphones if customers fall behind on payments.
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Footage : planes on the tarmac, FPLP Press conference.Leila Khaled prisoner exchange
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