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Chrome and Firefox Extensions Posing as Free VPNs Add Clipboard Stealers via Malicious Updates

calendar_today June 29, 2026 person Kirill Boychenko domain socket-dev

Malicious VPN browser extensions were found deploying clipboard theft logic that continuously monitors copied text and exfiltrates it to attacker infrastructure through staged updates.

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