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737 fake Chrome VPN extensions route traffic via proxy

August 12, 2026 1 min read 6 views
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Over 737 Chrome extensions impersonated VPN brands, routing user traffic through SOCKS5 proxies. Downloaded ~75,000 times, mainly by Russian users.

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