Fake GPT Chrome Extension Steals Facebook Sessions And Breaks Into Accounts

The ChatGPT world has gone insane.

Almost everyone is talking about it, and if you aren’t, it’s because you’re too busy using ChatGPT to do your homework or write the ideal email to your boss justifying why you should get paid more.

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But, there is a threat. Due of the commotion surrounding the amazing AI chatbot, people who haven’t yet had a chance to utilize it will unavoidably get interested in it. Such people might be looking for a simple way to dangle a toe in the dystopian artificial intelligence hellhole that is ostensibly just around the bend.

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So what do you do if you don’t know how to access ChatGPT?

You could look up how to access ChatGPT using your go-to search engine.

Fake GPT Chrome Extension Steals Facebook Sessions And Breaks Into Accounts

That represents the first risk. Because rogue websites and sponsored links to bogus browser extensions that promise to provide you immediate, convenient access to ChatGPT but are actually a cover for doing something much more harmful have been inserted by cybercriminals into Google search results.

As security researchers at Guardio Labs describe, scammers managed to plant a scam browser extension into the official Chrome store that claimed to be for “Chat GPT 4.”

And the malicious extension steals your computer’s Facebook-related cookies and silently squirrels them away to the hacker, who can then seize control of your business’s Facebook page.

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Fake GPT Chrome Extension Steals Facebook Sessions And Breaks Into Accounts

If they have access to your company’s Facebook account, they can change the password (locking out the real owner) and take over the official Facebook page of your firm to disseminate misinformation, fraud, spam, and other undesirable content.

Google says it has now removed the extension from its Chrome Web Store, as well as the malicious ads in its search results. However, it wouldn’t be a surprise if similar attempts were made to exploit the interest in ChatGPT sooner rather than later.

Don’t forget – browser extensions and add-ons have an enormous amount of power. If you install a rogue extension, everything you do in your browser could be compromised.