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PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution


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2026-09-07 18:36:06
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Blue Team (CND) , Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a complex Chromium-based post-exploitation toolkit called PEEP that masquerades as a bookmarks extension for the web browser.

"Requiring prior administrative or code execution access, its installer injects the extension directly into Chrome/Edge profiles, bypassing Web Store checks and user prompts by forging Chromium's own Secure Preferences



Source: TheHackerNews
Source Link: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/peep-turns-chrome-and-edge-into-post.html


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