Fake Perplexity AI Chrome extension discovered secretly monitoring search activity

Browser extensions are supposed to make life easier, but some can come with serious privacy risks. Microsoft’s security researchers recently discovered a sneaky Chrome extension pretending to be the popular AI search engine Perplexity AI. Instead of helping users, it was secretly monitoring search activity and redirecting it through attacker-controlled servers. The extension, called “Search [...] The post Fake Perplexity AI Chrome extension discovered secretly monitoring search activity appeared