From ********* to EZacces$! Your browser extension could grab your password and sensitive info
October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 27 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:
PhD student Asmit Nayak is investigating ways that browser extensions could extract passwords and other sensitive data from popular websites. Nayak, along with fellow PhD student Rishabh Khandelwal and Kassem Fawaz, a UW-Madison associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, first discovered the issue while investigating Google login webpages. Photo By: Joel Hallberg
PhD student Asmit Nayak is investigating ways that browser extensions could extract passwords and other sensitive data from popular websites. Nayak, along with fellow PhD student Rishabh Khandelwal and Kassem Fawaz, a UW-Madison associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, first discovered the issue while investigating Google login webpages. Photo By: Joel Hallberg