Probably AI generated spam of the original [0]. And there
> 8. This triggers the polymorphic extension to:
> Temporarily disable 1Password, removing it from the pinned tab
Uhm. I guess temporarily disabling a completely different extension is left as an exercise to the reader?
> Furthermore, based on Chrome’s permission classification system, all the APIs used in this attack — namely activeTab, scripting and chrome.management are classified as medium risk. In fact, the very same permissions are commonly used by popular extensions such as page stylers, ad blockers and even password managers themselves.
One of those APIs is not like the other…
I guess they needed to come up with something to advertise their "Browser Detection and Response" product.
Extensions in general seem to be becoming more of a risk. Both browser and on say vscode they seem to have significant ability to do harm if the author decides to
You can’t seriously talk security if you make such noob mistakes.
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