PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social to cybersecurity@infosec.pubEnglish · 2 days agoStealthy browser extensions waited years before infecting 4.3M Chrome, Edge users with backdoors and spywarego.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up10
arrow-up10external-linkStealthy browser extensions waited years before infecting 4.3M Chrome, Edge users with backdoors and spywarego.theregister.comPhilipTheBucket@piefed.social to cybersecurity@infosec.pubEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 hours agoIt’s not that it can’t be done then, most likely no one has checked. Buying out solo deved apps to host malware has been a thing for ages.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 hours agoYep, you could theoretically do a similar sleeper malware as extension for Firefox based browsers. But that is not what this article is about. No where in this article is anything about a Firefox based browser mentioned. So, again, go back your original comment on my comment. You tried to put a bunch of words in my mouth, now you’re trying to argue hypotheticals based on conjecture. Are you trying to make some kind of point? Or just waste the time of anyone bothering to read this?
It’s not that it can’t be done then, most likely no one has checked.
Buying out solo deved apps to host malware has been a thing for ages.
Yep, you could theoretically do a similar sleeper malware as extension for Firefox based browsers.
But that is not what this article is about.
No where in this article is anything about a Firefox based browser mentioned.
So, again, go back your original comment on my comment.
You tried to put a bunch of words in my mouth, now you’re trying to argue hypotheticals based on conjecture.
Are you trying to make some kind of point?
Or just waste the time of anyone bothering to read this?