[replurk] [tech security] if anyone happens to be using nano adblock/nano defender and The Great Suspender on chrome, the first has been compromised by new owners and injected with malware. The latter has a similar handover though no word on what's going on yet as new owners are radio silent with their identities hidden.

A redditor's report on the nano adblock situation

[Open Source Development] The Fall of Nano Defender,...

Ars technica article about it

Adblockers installed 300,000 times are malicious and...

Github thread regarding the great suspender

Upcoming changes to the management of The Great Susp...

oh yikes, time to get rid of the suspender

sob

is there anything similar to suspender? I kinda liked it because of chrome's voracious appetite for ram

Great...

thanks for the update

ah....

didn't realize deleting suspender would IMMEDIATELY delete all my suspended tabs

be aware that'll happen and un-suspend them first

ouf I'm sorry. As I don't use either and was just signal boosting

Just gonna slide in here since I posted this originally. The same redditor did another writeup and it's for The Great Suspender this time. Essentially it seems they pushed an update to Chrome but not github and the new update added trackers that auto opt-ins (but can be opted out from. Read the post for more details.)

While debatable whether it's malicious or not, the optics so far aren't great.

It seems the github thread itself has some people offering recommendations for alternatives if you'd like to dive in. In general the poster's advice would be good to adhere to, keep an eye on the extensions you actually have.