This malicious extension for Google Chrome is still available in the Google Chrome Web Store and needs to be removed. Since its release, this extension has gained much popularity among users worldwide, with over 2000 installed daily.

To prevent victims from regaining control over their Facebook accounts, the malware automatically changes the login information on breached accounts so they can’t gain access to their accounts in the future. Once the stolen cookies have been decrypted, the threat actors use them to hijack the Facebook sessions of their victims to run malvertising campaigns or to promote prohibited material, such as propaganda from ISIS. Here a list of Facebook-related cookies is obtained by the malware using a Chrome Extension API, and then they are encrypted using an AES key and sent to the malware through a secure channel.Īfter securing the stolen information, it will send it to the attacker’s server using a GET request.

However, upon closer examination of their modus operandi, we have discovered that they exhibit greater attentiveness towards Facebook business accounts with a higher public profile.Ī threat actor can use these stolen cookies to log into a Facebook account in the user’s name and gain complete access to the user’s profile and any advertising features for the business that may be available. It is important to note that when the victim installs the extension, the victim will get the functionality they were promised since the code of the legitimate extension is still intact.Īfter gaining access to your pilfered data, the malicious actor will likely peddle it off to the highest bidder. Users can access the official add-on store for Chrome by clicking on the sponsored search results, which are actually fake landing pages for “ChatGPT for Google.” In short, threat actors actively promote the extension through Google Ads. When you search for Chat GPT 4 in Google Search results, you will notice that several advertisements accompanying the malicious extension are prominently displayed in the search results.

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