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Popular Chrome extension "Save Image as Type" was hijacked, impacting over 1 million users

Summary by Tech Spot
Google delisted the image conversion tool earlier this month, but not before it had likely been modifying thousands of users' browsers for several weeks. The group behind the compromise has also been linked to dozens of other hijacked Chrome and Edge extensions.Read Entire Article

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When we want to download an image from the internet, we often encounter the problem that it is in a format incompatible with the one we want, such as WebP or AVIF. To fix this, there are tools that can make our lives much easier, but careful, because they can be the gateway for hackers. Google Chrome has just suffered one of the most important attacks of recent months. The most popular browser has a widely used tool, which in fact had more than …

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Tech Spot broke the news in on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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