A high-severity Chrome vulnerability has allowed malicious extensions to exploit the Gemini panel and gain elevated access to camera, microphone, and files.

In the AI developer boom, some of the most important battlegrounds are not glamorous models or splashy chatbots. They are the quiet pipes that keep modern coding tools fed and up to date.

A compromised Chrome extension with 7,000 users was updated to deploy malware, strip security headers, and steal cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases.