Watch out for fake ChatGPT browser extensions

ChatGPT is inspiring many hackers, who spread malicious applications and extensions online using the name of the famous chatbot. — Photography WANAN YOSSINGKUM/Getty Images/AFP Relaxnews

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the popularity of ChatGPT to spread malware with names based directly on the famous chatbot. After a first wave of dubious mobile applications, it's now web browser extensions that are causing concern among IT security specialists.

ChatGPT is still inspiring hackers. Guardio Labs recently published an alert concerning the appearance of a particularly malicious extension for Chrome that pretends to integrate ChatGPT into the browser. It appears that this extension, called "Quick Access to ChatGPT," allows hackers to collect personal data from the Facebook accounts of its users. These same accounts apparently also become vectors for spreading malicious ads.