As perilous as the Google Engage in keep can be for Android products, the Chrome Website Keep is just as dangerous if you aren’t careful. On Sunday, the cybersecurity crew at Guardio Labs alerted Chrome people to a new marketing campaign that lets hackers hijack browsers working with extensions. In excess of a million users have downloaded the malicious extensions already.

Some Chrome extensions can hijack your browser

As the scientists describe, 30 variants of the seemingly innocuous extension had been offered for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge as of mid-October.

At first look, the extensions appear to be fundamental color or design-altering applications for your browser. That is why Guardio has named this malvertising campaign “Dormant Colors” — the browser extension alone does not contain any malicious code. In its place, the extension redirects buyers to webpages offering video clips or downloads. In get to observe the movie or