Google Lens Chrome Browser Tool Compromised To Steal Credentials

Google users are accustomed to coming under attack from threat actors of many varieties, whether those attacks target Gmail, Chrome or another Google service. The latest attack warnings, though, have both involved attackers using malicious tools. If the fake Google Account Security Checkup warning wasn’t bad enough, now it has been reported that a previously legitimate Chrome extension, used to search your screen with Google Lens, was recently compromised and turned into a malicious credential-stealing tool instead. Here’s what you need to know.

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