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BragJack attacks hijack AI browser agents through malicious extensions

BragJack, a proof-of-concept attack from Forever Security's Gal Weizman, hijacks the AI assistants in Chrome, Edge, Opera Neon, Perplexity Comet, and Claude in Chrome using one malicious extension.

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Security researcher Gal Weizman of Forever Security revealed a new attack method called BragJack that hijacks AI assistants embedded in browsers via a single malicious extension. The proof‑of‑concept targeted five Chromium‑based browsers or their AI agents: Google Chrome’s Gemini Live, Perplexity’s Comet, Microsoft Edge, Opera Neon, and Anthropic’s Claude running in Chrome. Weizman demonstrated that the malicious extension can compromise each of these agents, showing the technique works across multiple popular browsers. The disclosure highlights a novel vector for compromising built‑in AI features through extension abuse.

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