Chrome Ad Blocker with 10M+ Installs Found with Dormant Script Injection Capability
2026-06-26T01:24:23Z•1260c1e4fc9ce5868bc2fa592ed158aef032b011db192fd8ccd56a7a21accc1d
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What happened
The feed highlights a surge of high-impact vulnerabilities and active malicious campaigns: a popular Chrome extension (Adblock for YouTube) with 10M+ installs can execute arbitrary JavaScript; multiple network and communications products are under active exploitation (Lantronix EDS5000 — CVE-2025-67038; Cisco Catalyst SD‑WAN — CVE-2026-20245; Cisco Unified CM — CVE-2026-20230); and large-scale attacks and supply-chain compromises (FortiBleed credential-harvesting, ShapedPlugin backdoored WordPress plugins, malicious npm packages, Cordyceps CI/CD workflow hijacks). New malware and loaders (Gasl
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- the_hacker_news
- Record identifier
- 1260c1e4fc9ce5868bc2fa592ed158aef032b011db192fd8ccd56a7a21accc1d
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-26T01:24:23Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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