Hundreds of fake Chrome VPN extensions route traffic through a proxy
2026-08-12T19:23:23Z•cf880e7ce04a75344860778e2e90e311f99a2d1e962629a88a19d3aa3bb993a9
CVE-2026-68820account-takeoveractive-exploitationblockchain-infrastructurecisco-asacisco-ftddeadlocklazarusmalicious-browser-extensionsmicrosoft-defenderoperation-dream-jobpatch-tuesdayphishingprivilege-escalationproxy-abuseransomwaresandwormsecurity-newssharepoint-exploitationsignal-securitysocial-engineeringtrojanized-softwarewifi-deauthenticationwindows-zero-day
What happened
BleepingComputer security news digest covering malicious Chrome VPN extensions, Windows privilege-escalation and zero-day exploitation, ransomware infrastructure, state-sponsored phishing and trojanized software campaigns, actively exploited Cisco firewall vulnerabilities, account takeover threats, and major Microsoft security updates.
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- bleepingcomputer
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- cf880e7ce04a75344860778e2e90e311f99a2d1e962629a88a19d3aa3bb993a9
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- 2026-08-12T19:23:23Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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