Chrome extensions can hijack computers to mine cryptocurrency and record your every move

Security researchers have uncovered 89 malicious Google Chrome extensions on the official Chrome store that can inject ads, code to secretly mine cryptocurrency, and load a tool to record and replay a person's browsing activities.  According to researchers at Trend Micro, this collection of extensions affected over 423,000 users and was used to form a new botnet called "Droidclub."  Find out here which extensions these are and how they work.  Learn more here about cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin.
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