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Fake AI Chrome extensions with 300K users steal credentials, emails

ID: daa173de-4d76-5513-b7c8-4f01831a07eb

STIX ID: report--daa173de-4d76-5513-b7c8-4f01831a07eb

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-02-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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**AiFrame malicious Chrome-extension campaign:** Security researchers discovered 30 Chrome extensions (over 300,000 installs) posing as AI assistants that render remote iframes and siphon sensitive data — including credentials, Gmail messages (including drafts), browsing context, and voice transcripts — to attacker-controlled servers (tapnetic.pro). The extensions share common code, permissions, and infrastructure; some remain listed in the Chrome Web Store, and LayerX provides indicators of compromise for detection and remediation.

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