mo4ch:>Hackers using fake ‘Flash Player’ Google Chrome extension to steal credit card data | Mo4ch News

Cybersecurity researchers are warning unsuspecting internet users about a year-old Chrome extension which steals credit card data from infected users via web forms on visited websites.The surreptitious extension is spread by means of JavaScript injection attacks i.e. “You don’t have Flash installed, use this Chrome extension instead,” or something to that effect. When unsuspecting or careless users click on these links, it triggers an automated redirect to the malicious extension.The extension, available since February 2018, exploits the API (Application Programming Interface) functionality on websites by interrupting the digital handshake exchanged between user and website when a HTTP request is made, like clicking a link or submitting a form. It cannot be found through a regular search and instead is only proliferated through the sharing of a link.Also on rt.comOklahoma data leak: 7 years of FBI data, corporate info, SSNs & names of AIDS patients exposedThe extension, created by…