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Malware bypasses browser checks to force install Chrome, Edge extensions

A banking malware operation active since mid-2025 has been using a toolkit named KREMLIN to install malicious Chrome and Edge extensions that steal credentials, session tokens, and sensitive data.

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A banking malware operation that began in mid‑2025 uses the KREMLIN toolkit to install malicious Chrome and Edge extensions. The extensions harvest credentials, session tokens, and other sensitive data. Elastic Security Labs discovered that the malware bypasses Chromium’s integrity checks, causing the extensions to load in browsers as if the user had approved them.

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