152 Chrome Wallpaper Extensions with 105K Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Traffic

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  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-06-15 11:07 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-06-22 18:10 UTC
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a network of 152 Google Chrome extensions that act as new tab live wallpaper add-ons to distribute a potentially unwanted program (PUP) family.

The cluster spans 38 separate Chrome Web Store publisher accounts and three brand backends: tabplugins[.]com, yowgames[.]com, and chromewallpaper[.]com. They have been collectively installed 105,000 times. The

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