TREE NEWS update: Security firm Socket identified 16 malicious Firefox add-ons impersonating Rabby and OKX Wallet, which Mozilla had unpublished by Oct. 5. The fake extensions could steal wallet recovery phrases, and Socket warned that removing them does not secure wallets whose seed phrases were already exposed. Users who installed the add-ons should treat their recovery phrases as compromised.
Socket Finds 16 Fake Rabby and OKX Wallet Extensions on Firefox
The Firefox add-on ecosystem is proving a softer target than the browser stores users assume are curated, and impersonation of established wallet brands is a low-cost way to harvest seed phrases at scale. The detail that matters most is Socket's point that uninstalling the extension does not undo exposure — recovery-phrase compromise is permanent, so the real risk sits with anyone who installed these add-ons before Mozilla's takedown. Whether Mozilla's review process catches similar clones faster, and whether wallet makers push users toward verified distribution channels, is the open question.
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