Articles tagged "edge-extensions"

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A hairline square with a gap in one edge and a single thin line passing through it into a soft orange watercolour bloom outside — a sandbox with a door that was always there.

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Edgecution: an extension escaped the browser sandbox — how to check what yours can reach

Edgecution abused native messaging to run a Python backdoor outside Edge's sandbox — from a headless browser you'd never see. How to check your own machine.

Maxim Kosterin

August 10, 2026

11 min read

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ShadyPanda: how to find browser extensions that turned malicious after you installed them

ShadyPanda ran 145 malicious browser extensions on Chrome and Edge for 6 years — from affiliate fraud to keylogging spyware, 4.3M installs. How to check yours.

Maxim Kosterin

March 30, 2026

10 min read