Ellen Messmer at Network World covered this one: "Some Web browsers can be tricked into using so-called "malicious extensions" that can give hackers the ability to hijack the user's session, spy on webcams, upload and download files, and in the newer mobile-device area, hack into Google Android phones.
Zoltan Balazs, IT security consultant at Deloitte Hungary, spoke about the topic he calls "zombie browsers" during this week's Hacker Halted Conference in Miami. He said up until a year ago, only 10 of these browser malicious extensions were known to exist, but this year has seen 49 new ones already. "It's skyrocketing," Balazs noted, and he faulted the anti-virus vendors for allegedly not addressing the issue at all.
Zoltan Balazs, IT security consultant at Deloitte Hungary, spoke about the topic he calls "zombie browsers" during this week's Hacker Halted Conference in Miami. He said up until a year ago, only 10 of these browser malicious extensions were known to exist, but this year has seen 49 new ones already. "It's skyrocketing," Balazs noted, and he faulted the anti-virus vendors for allegedly not addressing the issue at all.
