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REPORTPUBLIC METADATA

Report Finds Over 700 Fake VPN Extensions on the Chrome Web Store With 75,000 Installs

Cybersecurity firm Socket has identified over 700 fake VPN extensions on the Chrome Web Store. Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post Report Finds Over 700 Fake VPN Extensions on the Chrome Web Store With 75,000 Installs appeared first on gHacks.

Reference details

Source category
research-report
First reported
Aug 24, 2026 07:47 UTC
Last reported
Aug 24, 2026 07:47 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 15, 2026 09:07 UTC
Record ID
25ade4276bbd1a33929bbb0eb34ed546460c9a72b93f5d23e350a230b96f57f8

Published indicators

Network indicators are visibly defanged. This page does not make them clickable or send them to another service.

No validated file hashes or network indicators are stored for this record.

Source observations

intelligence_src_3a4abef2ab960cf3b0

Source-provided label
Publisher RSS metadata
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Aug 24, 2026 07:47 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 15, 2026 09:07 UTC

This record contains metadata and attribution only. It does not host, download, unpack, render, or execute malware samples.

Feed collection status

Sources represented on this page. Publication and observation dates describe the content; successful batch dates describe local collection. A recent batch does not certify complete coverage or current provider availability.

1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 0 unverified.

Review source update dates and status
  • intelligence_src_3a4abef2ab960cf3b0Recent successful batchLast successful batch: Last attempt:

Stale means older than twice the recorded collection interval, with a minimum of one hour; without an interval, the threshold is 24 hours. Cached content remains available while a feed is stale, paused, or unverified.