Chinese Hackers Hack Gmail with a Browser Extension


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Security Chinese Hackers Hack Gmail with a Browser Extension Specialists of the information security company Proofpoint spoke about a Chinese cybercriminal group that hacks into Gmail accounts using a browser extension. Cyber criminal group TA413 has been active for almost a decade and is usually associated by experts with the LuckyCat and ExileRAT malware, and its victims are mostly Tibetans. In early 2021, TA413 attempted to attack the Gmail accounts of organizations in Tibet using a malicious browser extension. According to experts , in January-February of this year, the group delivered the FriarFox extension for the Firefox browser to attacked...