North Korea-backed hackers have a clever way to read your Gmail SHARPEXT

(https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/08/north-korea-backed-hackers-have-a-clever-way-to-read-your-gmail/)

North Korea-backed hackers have a clever way to read your Gmail

Researchers have unearthed never-before-seen malware that hackers from North Korea have been using to surreptitiously read and download email and attachments from infected users’ Gmail and AOL accounts.

The malware, dubbed SHARPEXT by researchers from security firm Volexity, uses clever means to install a browser extension for the Chrome and Edge browsers, Volexity reported in a blog post. The extension can’t be detected by the email services, and since the browser has already been authenticated using any multifactor authentication protections in place, this increasingly popular security measure plays no role in reining in the account compromise.


Since this is a Chrome exploit, one would assume it could affect Brave. Is anyone aware of this?

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