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> ShadyPanda Turns Popular Browser Extensions with 4.3 Million Installs Into Spyware

[SOURCE] The Hacker News [DATE: 01/12/2025 17:29] [LANGUAGE: EN]
ShadyPanda Turns Popular Browser Extensions with 4.3 Million Installs Into Spyware
A threat actor known as ShadyPanda has been linked to a seven-year-long browser extension campaign that has amassed over 4.3 million installations over time. Five of these extensions started off as legitimate programs before malicious changes were introduced in mid-2024, according to a report from Koi Security, attracting 300,000 installs. These extensions have since been taken down. "These
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