Three malicious VPN extensions on the Chrome Web Store infected 1.5 million devices before being removed by Google

The fake VPN extensions were discovered by cybersecurity researchers at ReasonLabs, who say the malicious software was distributed through torrents of popular video games, such as Grand Theft Auto, The Sims 4, Heroes 3 and Assassin's Creed. The trojan installers, which were Electron apps between 60MB and 100MB in size,...

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