Malicious Perplexity Chrome Extension Intercepted Searches and Address Bar Input

Microsoft discovered and reported a malicious Chrome extension named "Search for perplexity ai" (ID flkebkiofojicogddingbdmcmkpbplcd) that impersonated Perplexity, set itself as the default search provider, and routed all address-bar input and search queries to an attacker-controlled domain (perplexity-ai.online) where the data (queries, keystrokes, headers, IPs, user agents) was logged before redirecting users to legitimate search results; Google removed the extension after responsible disclosure and users are advised to remove it and verify search settings and approved extensions.