search hijacking

Google Chrome is preparing to reject policy-installed extensions that take over the New Tab page or default search engine on unmanaged Windows and macOS machines, closing a persistence route long used by browser hijackers. The protection is still under Chromium review and is not available in...

Microsoft Threat Intelligence said on June 29, 2026, that it found a malicious Chromium-based extension called “Search for perplexity ai” that impersonated Perplexity AI, redirected browser search traffic through attacker-controlled infrastructure, and was removed after Microsoft reported it to...