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Browser Extensions as Wallet Thieves: How a Sports App Became a Seed Phrase Collector

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In August 2026 the security firm Socket disclosed two separate campaigns: 40 confirmed malicious Firefox extensions and 19 for Chrome and Edge, all of them from the official marketplaces. Nine of them were harmless sports apps that only tur…

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Browser Extensions as Wallet Thieves: How a Sports App Became a Seed Phrase Collector
CryptoTicker Aug 31, 06:20 UTC

Browser Extensions as Wallet Thieves: How a Sports App Became a Seed Phrase Collector

In August 2026 the security firm Socket disclosed two separate campaigns: 40 confirmed malicious Firefox extensions and 19 for Chrome and Edge, all of them from the official marketplaces. Nine of them were harmless sports apps that only tur…