c/cybersecurity · by PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat · 1y

Browser hijacking campaign infects 2.3M Chrome, Edge users

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/browser_hijacking_campaign/

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7 Comments

DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Important part/TLDR:

If you've installed any of the extensions listed below, uninstall now, clear your browser data, and keep an eye on your accounts for any suspicious activity.

Extension IDs

Chrome:

kgmeffmlnkfnjpgmdndccklfigfhajen — [Emoji keyboard online — copy&past your emoji.]
dpdibkjjgbaadnnjhkmmnenkmbnhpobj — [Free Weather Forecast]
gaiceihehajjahakcglkhmdbbdclbnlf — [Video Speed Controller — Video manager]
mlgbkfnjdmaoldgagamcnommbbnhfnhf — [Unlock Discord — VPN Proxy to Unblock Discord Anywhere]
eckokfcjbjbgjifpcbdmengnabecdakp — [Dark Theme — Dark Reader for Chrome]
mgbhdehiapbjamfgekfpebmhmnmcmemg — [Volume Max — Ultimate Sound Booster]
cbajickflblmpjodnjoldpiicfmecmif — [Unblock TikTok — Seamless Access with One-Click Proxy]
pdbfcnhlobhoahcamoefbfodpmklgmjm — [Unlock YouTube VPN]
eokjikchkppnkdipbiggnmlkahcdkikp — [Color Picker, Eyedropper — Geco colorpick]
ihbiedpeaicgipncdnnkikeehnjiddck — [Weather]

Edge:

jjdajogomggcjifnjgkpghcijgkbcjdi — [Unlock TikTok]
mmcnmppeeghenglmidpmjkaiamcacmgm — [Volume Booster — Increase your sound]
ojdkklpgpacpicaobnhankbalkkgaafp — [Web Sound Equalizer]
lodeighbngipjjedfelnboplhgediclp — [Header Value]
hkjagicdaogfgdifaklcgajmgefjllmd — [Flash Player — games emulator]
gflkbgebojohihfnnplhbdakoipdbpdm — [Youtube Unblocked]
kpilmncnoafddjpnbhepaiilgkdcieaf — [SearchGPT — ChatGPT for Search Engine]
caibdnkmpnjhjdfnomfhijhmebigcelo — [Unlock Discord]

Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Thanks! Send this to my chrome using friends immediately

Not2Dopey@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y

Fixed the headline for you: Browser hijacking campaign infects 2.3M Chrome users and all 16 Edge users

catlover@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (3 replies)

isnt manifest v3 supposed to help with these issues?

PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I have no real idea about the details of manifest v3, but they've already made it come true and it didn't stop this from happening, so that tends to lead to me believing not.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It was all a lie? V3 won't magically fix everything?

PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat · 4 pts · 1y

It'll "fix" the adblockers. As in "we had our dog fixed."