A malicious Chromium extension that impersonated the Perplexity AI brand to intercept browser searches and capture keystrokes before delivering users to legitimate search results. The extension, listed as “Search for perplexity ai” (ID flkebkiofojicogddingbdmcmkpbplcd, version 2.2), used Manifest V3 capabilities, declarativeNetRequest (DNR) rules, and a typosquatted domain perplexity-ai[.]online to create a stealthy two‑hop interception pipeline […]

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