PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution

PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution

The Hacker News · Sep 07, 2026

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PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution
Security September 7, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a complex Chromium-based post-exploitation toolkit called PEEP that masquerades as a bookmarks extension for the web browser. "Requiring prior administrative or code execution access, its installer injects the extension directly into Chrome/Edge profiles, bypassing Web Store checks and user prompts by forging Chromium's own Secure Preferences

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