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Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension bug enabled silent WhatsApp data theft
Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension bug enabled silent WhatsApp data theft. Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension bug enabled silent WhatsApp data theft
Users are exposed to silent data theft when malicious or buggy browser extensions access sensitive data from other web apps, as seen with the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension. ExtShield provides real‑time sandboxing and permission auditing for extensions, preventing unauthorized data leakage and giving users confidence that their browsing data stays private.