A popular free optical character recognition (OCR) extension for web browsers called Copyfish was hijacked by attackers who used the extension to spew spam.
In a statement released Sunday by distributor A9t9 Software, it was only the Google Chrome extension that was hijacked. Other versions of Copyfish, such as its Firefox OCR software extension, were not impacted. In a blog, posted Monday, the company said trouble began on Friday when it received an email from what it thought was Google warning the app maker needed to update its Copyfish app or face it being booted from the Google Play marketplace.
