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Re:Cluster of 295 Chrome extensions caught hijacking Google ... by dehrmann on Thursday August 06, 2020 @12:16PM (#24072373)
> It actually doesn't matter what obscure zero-days you discover and patch when you distribute malware directly that relies on supported functionality.

Zero-days are often used by state actors, so their impact is larger, but less visible.

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Re:Cluster of 295 Chrome extensions caught hijacking Google ... by drdaeman on Thursday August 06, 2020 @01:46PM (#24073476)
Isn't it smaller?

In my understanding, state-level actors are not exactly notorious for using exploits for mass surveillance (they use a little bit less controversial means to achieve this), zero-day stuff is typically for single valuable targets. Or am I wrong?

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