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Browser Extension Vulnerability Hijacks AI Assistants in 5 Chromium Products

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A security vulnerability has been discovered that allows a single browser extension with minimal permissions to hijack the AI assistants of five Chromium-based products. The affected products include Gemini Live, Perplexity Comet, Edge, Opera Neon, and Claude. The exploit requires the extension to be installed and can grant it capabilities such as reading files or activating the camera and microphone, effectively impersonating the AI assistant. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential security risks in AI integrations within browsers, necessitating caution with extension installations.

RANK_REASON Security vulnerability in a browser extension affecting multiple AI products.

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Browser Extension Vulnerability Hijacks AI Assistants in 5 Chromium Products

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 One extension with 2 common permissions can hijack the built-in AI assistants of 5 Chromium products — Gemini Live, Perplexity Comet, Edge, Opera Neon, Claude

    🤖 One extension with 2 common permissions can hijack the built-in AI assistants of 5 Chromium products — Gemini Live, Perplexity Comet, Edge, Opera Neon, Claude in Chrome: read files, turn on camera/mic, act as the AI (Forever Security). Researcher demos only, requires the extens…

    LINKS thehackernews.com/…/one-extension-could-h… thehackernews.com/…/one-

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