Firefox Addon Devs Targeted in Ongoing Phishing Campaign

2025-08-04
Firefox Addon Devs Targeted in Ongoing Phishing Campaign

Mozilla is warning of a phishing campaign targeting Firefox add-on developers. Attackers impersonate Mozilla or AMO (addons.mozilla.org), tricking developers into clicking malicious links to supposedly update their accounts, threatening access loss otherwise. The goal is likely to compromise trusted developer accounts to distribute malicious add-ons designed to steal cryptocurrency seed phrases. Security researchers highlight the constant emergence of such malicious extensions. Mozilla acknowledges the role of add-ons in crypto scams and is improving detection, but malicious developers are constantly adapting.

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