CYBER● ELEVATEDJun 29 · Jun 29, 2026, 6:40 PM
Malicious Perplexity Chrome Extension Intercepted Searches and Address Bar Input
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Microsoft has found a malicious Chrome extension that posed as the AI search engine Perplexity and quietly logged what people searched for. It routed every query and every character typed into the address bar through an attacker-controlled server before redirecting users to real results. Microsoft says Google removed it from the store after responsible disclosure. The extension was called "
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