152 Chrome Wallpaper Extensions with 105K Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Traffic

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a network of 152 Google Chrome extensions that act as new tab live wallpaper addons to distribute a potentially unwanted program PUP family The cluster spans 38 separate Chrome Web Store publisher accounts and three brand backends tabpluginscom yowgamescom and chromewallpapercom They have been collectively installed 105000 times The