ShadyPanda campaign turned 145 Chrome/Edge extensions malicious after years of normal use Updates added affiliate fraud, cookie theft, search hijacking, and remote code execution 4.3M devices at risk; ...

TL;DR: A sophisticated malware campaign infected 2.3 million Chrome and Edge users. It worked because a bunch of browser extensions were on the market for a long time, gaining a trusted reputation, ...

Your default search engine or homepage switching on its own almost always points to one of three things: a browser hijacker (malware), a rogue extension, or a Chrome ...