The browser extension injects scripts to capture AI prompts and responses even when the VPN features are disabled.
Koi's investigation identified eight such extensions available on the Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Edge Add-ons page, collectively surpassing eight million installations. Seven of them carried ...
Urban VPN Proxy, which claims to protect users' privacy, collects data from conversations with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, ...
Gemini may soon stop interrupting your workflow. Google is developing a change that lets the assistant continue handling ...
A Google Chrome extension with a "Featured" badge and six million users has been observed silently gathering every prompt ...
According to Dardikman, the Urban VPN Proxy extension monitors the user's browser tabs and, when the user visits one of the ...
A “Featured” browser add-on marketed as privacy protection may have been copying AI chats. Koi Security says Urban VPN Proxy began intercepting prompts and replies after a July 9, 2025 update.
Security researchers recently discovered two extensions for the Google Chrome browser were rerouting valuable traffic through compromised proxies, and thus sharing sensitive information with malicious ...
Browser extensions with more than 8 million installs are harvesting complete and extended conversations from users’ AI ...
Recent exploits are a reminder that when you install an extension, you grant it a lot of power to see where you go online and ...
Malicious Chrome and Edge extensions collected browsing history, keystrokes and personal data from millions of users before ...
According to cybersecurity firm Koi, Urban VPN Proxy and three other popular browser extensions with 8 million+ installs can ...