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Fake VPN Chrome Extensions Steal Credentials by Intercepting User Traffic


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2025-12-23 12:31:35
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Socket’s Threat Research Team has exposed a sophisticated credential-harvesting campaign that has operated through malicious Chrome extensions since 2017. Two variants of an extension named Phantom Shuttle (幻影穿梭), published under the threat actor email [email protected], have compromised over 2,180 users by masquerading as legitimate network testing tools while executing complete traffic interception and credential theft. The extensions market […]


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