A fake Perplexity AI Chrome extension was secretly tracking browser searches — here’s how

Microsoft exposed a Google Chrome extension that looks like a legit version of Perplexity AI—turns out, it’s just malicious ...
Bleeping Computer

OpenAI's new ChatGPT Search Chrome extension feels like a search hijacker

OpenAI's new "ChatGPT search" Chrome extension feels like nothing more than a typical search hijacker, changing Chrome's settings so your address bar searches go through ChatGPT Search instead.

Fake Perplexity extension on Chrome Web Store tracked searches

A malicious extension in the Chrome Web Store is masquerading as the Perplexity AI answer engine, intercepting search traffic and collecting browsing information.
Tech Times

Fake Perplexity Chrome Extension: How One Permission Combo Logged Every Keystroke

Fake Perplexity Chrome extension exploited a legal permission combination to log every address-bar keystroke before ...
Microsoft

Chromium extension uses AI‑related branding to redirect browser search

A malicious Chromium-based extension that spoofs the AI-powered answer engine Perplexity AI redirects browser search traffic using MV3 APIs and intermediary infrastructure.