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Google has inadvertently been promoting sophisticated spyware that can hijack browser sessions with malicious redirects hidden in a legitimate Chrome extension. The extension, which offers a...

The Geco color picker, according to Koi Security, is "just the tip of the iceberg," and part of a much larger browser-hijacking campaign dubbed RedDirection. The campaign consists of 18 malicious extensions spanning both Chrome and Edge stores t

One of the suspicious extensions, The Color Picker – Geco, had over 100,000 installs on Chrome and a 4.2-star rating from more than 800 reviews. It also received similarly high ratings on...

Color picker tool – geco is a malicious extension with many downloads in Google’s Chrome Web Store that can track users, steal browser activity, and redirect to potentially dangerous web addresses. This extension has many positive reviews, but

TL;DR - Our investigation of a single “verified” color picker exposed a coordinated campaign of 18 malicious extensions that infected a massive 2.3 million users across Chrome and Edge.

Browser hijackers such as Colour Picker often gather browsing-related data, including search queries, browsing history, clicked links, IP addresses, geolocation data, etc. In some cases, they may even access more sensitive personal information, which coul

Color Picker Tool – geco is a deceptive browser extension that poses as a legitimate color picker utility. Although it may appear useful and comes with fake positive reviews, it secretly performs browser hijacking actions.