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  • WhatsApp Web Swamped by 131 Spam Bots Hidden as Chrome Extensions

    WhatsApp Web Swamped by 131 Spam Bots Hidden as Chrome Extensions

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    Security researchers at Socket have uncovered a large-scale spam campaign orchestrated through WhatsApp Web, revealing 131 Chrome extensions that are, in essence, variants of a single mass-messaging automation tool. Disguised as legitimate utilities for managing contacts, these add-ons penetrated the web.whatsapp.com interface and silently operated alongside the platform’s own scripts, enabling the circumvention of WhatsApp’s…

  • Report: Over 50% Chrome extensions have fewer than 16 installs

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    Google Chrome is currently the world’s highest browser market share, with statistics showing that the browser has up to 1 billion monthly active users. Google Chrome is able to win a lot of users thanks to its extremely fast loading speed and rich features, especially supporting a wide range of extensions. Statistics show that the…