32 malicious extensions, which had been downloaded 75 million times, have been eliminated by Google from the Chrome Web Store. These extensions had the potential to modify search results and promote spam or undesirable advertisements. According to BleepingComputer, the plug-ins contained legitimate functionality to keep users unaware of the malicious activity delivered in obfuscated code. While analyzing the PDF Toolbox extension (2 million downloads) available from the Chrome Web Store, cybersecurity researcher Wladimir Palant discovered code disguised as a legitimate API wrapper. The researcher explained that the code allowed the…

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