If your kids love Roblox, check their browser for this malware
PCWorld|January 2023
The popular SearchBlox Chrome extension appears to be harvesting user data for potential digital theft.
MICHAEL CRIDER
If your kids love Roblox, check their browser for this malware

The latest high-profile heist of valuable digital currency has nothing to do with Bitcoin or Ethereum. Nope, this time thieves are stealing currency and assets from Roblox players. Roblox is a massively popular kid's game platform that has a disturbing amount of real money trading hands, and it's become the target of a series of Chrome extensions hiding malware.

According to Bleeping Computer (fave.co/3VZ3ZNZ), at least two extensions posted to the official Chrome Web Store were fronts for a backdoor program that gathers a Roblox player's user info and potentially makes them a target for hacking, especially if they're also a user of the third-party Rolimons.com currency trading system.

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