Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-09-07 17:00 PDT
- PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution
The Hacker News • 2026-09-07 11:12 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a complex Chromium-based post-exploitation toolkit called PEEP that masquerades as a bookmarks extension for the web browser.“Requiring prior administrative or code execution access, its installer injects the extension directly into Chrome/Edge profiles, bypassing Web Store checks and user prompts by forging Chromium’s own Secure Preferences
https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/peep-turns-chrome-and-edge-into-post.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
