Maxime Kjaer, a 19-year-old Danish student, has uncovered a set of Google Chrome extensions that were hijacking Facebook accounts but were capable of many more malicious actions.
Crooks were distributing these extensions via Facebook posts for all sorts of cheesy and raunchy viral content. Users who clicked on the links inside those Facebook posts landed on a site that asked them to verify their age.
Unlike other sites that allowed users to enter their age in a form, these ones were asking them to install one of many Chrome extensions.
Original Source: Softpedia
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