Using Fake Reviews To Find Dangerous Extensions

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Fake, positive reviews have infiltrated nearly every corner of life online these days, confusing consumers while offering an unwelcome advantage to fraudsters and sub-par products everywhere.

Happily, identifying and tracking these fake reviewer accounts is often the easiest way to spot scams.

Here's the story of how bogus reviews on a counterfeit Microsoft Authenticator browser extension exposed dozens of other extensions that siphoned personal and financial data.



https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/...us-extensions/