@cm0002@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world • 17 days agoBrowser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping botsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sefirefox@lemmy.mlfirefox@fedia.io
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkBrowser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping botsarstechnica.com@cm0002@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world • 17 days agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sefirefox@lemmy.mlfirefox@fedia.io
minus-squareAlphane MoonlinkfedilinkEnglish5•17 days agoThankfully it seems that this is only for Dark Reader on Edge (not Firefox or Chrome). Still worrying to see them integrate this fraudulent service.
minus-square@tal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-217 days agoI think that this may be some duplicate extension trying to generate and take advantage of user confusion between the real Dark Reader extension for Edge and this one. Real Dark Reader: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dark-reader/ifoakfbpdcdoeenechcleahebpibofpc What appears to be the copycat with the malware: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dark-reader-–-ultimate-da/lgjebhldhklllbkkbfcfgibifbfcpepa I suppose that that potential to impersonate addons is also a security concern, though.
minus-squareAlphane Moonlinkfedilink3•17 days agoThanks for the clarification! The web si unusable without Dark Reader and uBlock Origin.
Thankfully it seems that this is only for Dark Reader on Edge (not Firefox or Chrome).
Still worrying to see them integrate this fraudulent service.
I think that this may be some duplicate extension trying to generate and take advantage of user confusion between the real Dark Reader extension for Edge and this one.
Real Dark Reader:
https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dark-reader/ifoakfbpdcdoeenechcleahebpibofpc
What appears to be the copycat with the malware:
https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dark-reader-–-ultimate-da/lgjebhldhklllbkkbfcfgibifbfcpepa
I suppose that that potential to impersonate addons is also a security concern, though.
Thanks for the clarification!
The web si unusable without Dark Reader and uBlock Origin.