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'CrossBarking' Attack Exposes Opera Browser Users via APIs (www.darkreading.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/cybersecurity

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Using a malicious Chrome extension, researchers showed how an attacker could inject custom code into a victim's Opera browser to exploit special and powerful APIs, used by developers and typically saved for only the most trusted sites.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Private APIs that "trusted sites" have access to that can make all sorts of browser-level changes?

So many questions:

Why in the hell? No, seriously what big-brain was involved in the idea that some site needs that level of access to my browser?
Who didn't see this coming? I mean if you make basically a secret back door, of COURSE your shit's getting pwnt as soon as someone else notices it.

Also note to self: don't install Opera I guess.