Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: SpongeBob SquarePants Wallpapers New Tab

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

SpongeBob SquarePants Wallpapers New Tab

ID: ondlnbpekphbbfipilnnjhajelmaepjh

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇺🇸English

🇫🇷French

🇩🇪German

🇮🇳Hindi

🇮🇹Italian

🇯🇵Japanese

🇰🇷Korean

🇵🇹Portuguese

🇷🇺Russian

🇪🇸Spanish

🇹🇭Thai

🇹🇷Turkish

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.5.0.7

Size

7.03 MB

Rating

0.0/5

Reviews

Users

100,000

Type

Extension

Updated

May 25, 2022

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted

Author: https://newtab.icuView Profile
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes

Total Extensions

128

Active

Obsolete

128

Listed

128

Unlisted

Total Users

4,515,043

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SpongeBob SquarePants theme in new tab

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake Wallpapers New tab - an extension for your web browser that opens special settings for a new tab. Theme features SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake Wallpapers New tab: ↝ Shortcuts Save your favorite sites to the theme shortcut panel SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake Wallpapers New tab. You can go to important and frequently visited websites with just one click. ↝ Full HD wallpapers Instead of boring gray background, stunning Full HD wallpapers will appear in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake New Tab theme. ↝ News panel The bottom panel shows news videos from the world's official news agencies posted on the YouTube platform. ↝ Search bar Quick access to the largest and most well-known search engines in the world provides a theme search bar SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake.

User Growth

Showing data from May 24, 2022 to May 31, 2022

Versions

No change in user count

Compared to 7 days ago

1 version released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 0 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 0.00 / 5.0

Extracted Data

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By severity

Critical1

High2

Medium3

Low0

Versions scanned

Showing 1 of 1 scanned version with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.5.0.7 Code review	6

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.5.0.7	6

Files with findings

3 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

curium_8684.js3
blue_sapphire_corona_australis.js2
manifest.json1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Remote Code Loading	critical	blue_sapphire_corona_australis.js (line 15)	On install, the service worker fetches from the C2 server, extracts a dynamic URL from the HTML response via regex on src="...", then fetches that URL. The C2 server controls exactly what URL is returned, making this …	1.5.0.7
2	Data Exfiltration	high	blue_sapphire_corona_australis.js (line 1)	The extension ID is transmitted to the C2 server as part of every request URL, enabling per-extension user tracking and targeted payload delivery. This domain resolves to a server controlled by a publisher with 100% m…	1.5.0.7
3	Remote Code Loading	high	curium_8684.js (line 36)	Every new tab loads an iframe from the C2 domain with the extension ID and version in the URL path. The parent HTML page grants the iframe extensive sandbox permissions including allow-scripts and allow-same-origin, a…	1.5.0.7
4	Other	medium	curium_8684.js (line 44)	A hidden URL trigger (?d) closes all popup windows. This is typical of ad-injection malware that first opens popups for ad revenue and then closes them when the user navigates to certain pages, or as cleanup after a p…	1.5.0.7
5	Privilege Escalation	medium	manifest.json (line 13)	The wildcard resource '*' with '<all_urls>' match pattern exposes the extension's entire internal directory to every website. This allows any webpage to access extension-internal files including scripts, enabling pote…	1.5.0.7
6	Remote Code Loading	medium	curium_8684.js (line 51)	Hidden URL-triggered path (?e) injects another iframe from the C2 server outside the body element. This is a concealed channel for loading remote content that is invisible in the normal newtab flow, likely triggered p…	1.5.0.7

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spongebob-squarepants.newtabs.online	-	https://spongebob-squarepants.newtabs.online/
clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

SpongeBob SquarePants Wallpapers New Tab

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