Reports: Dozens of additions to Google Chrome threaten millions of users

Reports: Dozens of additions to Google Chrome threaten millions of users

A number of press sources, citing security sources, indicated that there are dozens of add-ons on the Google Browser, Google Chrome. These add-ons pose a great danger to users through their acquisition of their data without their knowledge.

New reports issued by the security company "Wakeful", whose experts pointed out that there are at least 110 additions to the Chrome Web Store of Google Chrome, and it is dangerous that these additions appear to be the same source, according to Awake experts, downloaded more than 33 million Once, which is what prompted Google to remove it from its online store after discovering this serious problem that threatens users.

And always, according to the security company Awake, the add-ons concerned suggest some regular functions such as reading PDF documents for example, but they are in fact used by hackers, as these additions absorb information about users registered on the computer, and security experts say that these add-ons are linked to command servers and An Israeli company called Galcomm.