A host of malicious Google Chrome extensions with 75 million installs have been removed

Late last week, Google confirmed removing 34 malicious extensions from its Chrome Web Store. The extensions were capable of injecting ads into pages and exfiltrating sensitive data from compromised endpoints. In total, the extensions were downloaded more than 75 million times.

As reported by BleepingComputer, the malware was first spotted by cybersecurity researcher Wladimir Palant who, after analyzing the PDF Toolbox extension, discovered that it included a hidden code.