Using a malicious Chrome extension, researchers showed how an attacker could inject custom code into a victim’s Opera browser to exploit special and powerful APIs, used by developers and typically saved for only the most trusted sites.
Using a malicious Chrome extension, researchers showed how an attacker could inject custom code into a victim’s Opera browser to exploit special and powerful APIs, used by developers and typically saved for only the most trusted sites.
Private APIs that “trusted sites” have access to that can make all sorts of browser-level changes?
So many questions:
Why in the hell? No, seriously what big-brain was involved in the idea that some site needs that level of access to my browser?
Who didn’t see this coming? I mean if you make basically a secret back door, of COURSE your shit’s getting pwnt as soon as someone else notices it.
Also note to self: don’t install Opera I guess.