A newly discovered malware named GhostPoster has been discovered that infected the PNG logo files in 17 data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/news/firefox-just-got-a-radical-redesign-and-it-makes-chrome-look-boring” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/news/firefox-just-got-a-radical-redesign-and-it-makes-chrome-look-boring”>Mozilla Firefox browser add-ons. The malware embeds malicious JavaScript code designed to hijack affiliate links, add tracking code and take over browsers
According to security researchers at data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.koi.ai/blog/inside-ghostposter-how-a-png-icon-infected-50-000-firefox-browser-users” data-url=”https://www.koi.ai/blog/inside-ghostposter-how-a-png-icon-infected-50-000-firefox-browser-users” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Koi Security, who discovered the malware, the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/chrome-and-edge-users-infected-with-malicious-browser-extensions-that-steal-your-personal-data-what-to-do-now” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/chrome-and-edge-users-infected-with-malicious-browser-extensions-that-steal-your-personal-data-what-to-do-now”>browser extensions have been downloaded more than 50,000 times.
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“What they actually deliver is a multi-stage malware payload that monitors everything you browse,…
