Is "SeeOnce Privacy" on Chrome Web Store Safe to Install?

[email protected] · chrome · v1.2.13

SeeOnce encrypts your email messages so they self-destruct after the recipient has read them. It does this without involving any servers or forcing you to make an account anywhere. You can keep using your preferred email. All other apps and extensions store your private content somewhere. SeeOnce does not do this; instead, it achieves forward secrecy by changing encryption keys with every message. This way, you don't have to trust anybody. When you get a locked message, just paste it into the extension and it will open automatically. Then you can reply directly from within the extension. Your friends don't need to have this extension. Messages open in a webpage just by clicking them. They can do this on an Android smartphone if necessary. Some people live in places where using encryption is itself compromising. This is why the extension can disguise its output so it looks like normal text. Just supply a sufficiently long cover text after the message is locked. Disguised messages also unlock as soon as you paste them in. If you find yourself exchanging a lot of emails, SeeOnce allows you to switch to real-time chat, which can involve text, files, audio, or even video. Just click the Chat button to make a secure invitation that only your correspondent can open, and then only once. Comprehensive help is just one click away. The extension uses 255-bit standard elliptic curves, which have been vetted against weaknesses by experts. On top of that, it uses 256-bit XSalsa20 encryption and 512-bit hash functions to complete the locking process. XSalsa20 is a high-performance, open source cipher, which has been scrutinized by experts for nearly a decade without any practical weaknesses being found. This is the Chrome extension version of SeeOnce, essentially identical to the web version, except that it syncs its data seamlessly between machines. The following is to check the authenticity of the web version: Current version is: 1.2.12 Main source: https://PassLok.com/SeeOnce

Risk Assessment

Analyzed
41.14
out of 100
MEDIUM

136 security findings detected across all analyzers

Chrome extension requesting 1 permission

Severity Breakdown

0
Critical
18
High
118
Medium
0
Low
0
Info

Finding Categories

18
Malware Signatures
103
IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

8 rules(18 hits)
postinstall obfuscation postinstall registry modification postinstall system command postinstall persistence mechanism postinstall crypto operations postinstall file manipulation postinstall file download NoUseWeakRandom

Requested Permissions

1 permission
storage
Low

About This Extension

SeeOnce encrypts your email messages so they self-destruct after the recipient has read them. It does this without involving any servers or forcing you to make an account anywhere. You can keep using your preferred email. All other apps and extensions store your private content somewhere. SeeOnce does not do this; instead, it achieves forward secrecy by changing encryption keys with every message. This way, you don't have to trust anybody. When you get a locked message, just paste it into the extension and it will open automatically. Then you can reply directly from within the extension. Your friends don't need to have this extension. Messages open in a webpage just by clicking them. They can do this on an Android smartphone if necessary. Some people live in places where using encryption is itself compromising. This is why the extension can disguise its output so it looks like normal text. Just supply a sufficiently long cover text after the message is locked. Disguised messages also unlock as soon as you paste them in. If you find yourself exchanging a lot of emails, SeeOnce allows you to switch to real-time chat, which can involve text, files, audio, or even video. Just click the Chat button to make a secure invitation that only your correspondent can open, and then only once. Comprehensive help is just one click away. The extension uses 255-bit standard elliptic curves, which have been vetted against weaknesses by experts. On top of that, it uses 256-bit XSalsa20 encryption and 512-bit hash functions to complete the locking process. XSalsa20 is a high-performance, open source cipher, which has been scrutinized by experts for nearly a decade without any practical weaknesses being found. This is the Chrome extension version of SeeOnce, essentially identical to the web version, except that it syncs its data seamlessly between machines. The following is to check the authenticity of the web version: Current version is: 1.2.12 Main source: https://PassLok.com/SeeOnce

Detailed Findings

18 total

YARA Rule Matches

8 rules

Indicators of Compromise

Network indicators, suspicious strings, and potential IoCs extracted during analysis

URLs
43
IP Addresses
10
Domains
55
Strings
103

All Indicators · 103

IP
detected IP: 4.2.10.2

XIOC detected IP: 4.2.10.2

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Domain
detected Domain: www.youtube.com

XIOC detected Domain: www.youtube.com

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URL
detected URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#d0e804)

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#d0e804)

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/sindresorhus/validate-element-name

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/sindresorhus/validate-element-name

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/dchest/scrypt-async-js

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/dchest/scrypt-async-js

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URL
detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

XIOC detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

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URL
detected URL: http://w3c.github.io/webcomponents/spec/custom/#creating-and-passing-registries)

XIOC detected URL: http://w3c.github.io/webcomponents/spec/custom/#creating-and-passing-registries)

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URL
detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML';

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML';

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URL
detected URL: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';

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URL
detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml';

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml';

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URL
detected URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/normative.html#strict)

XIOC detected URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/normative.html#strict)

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URL
detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml

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URL
detected URL: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/dom.html#embedding-custom-non-visible-data-with-the-data-*-attributes)

XIOC detected URL: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/dom.html#embedding-custom-non-visible-data-with-the-data-*-attributes)

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URL
detected URL: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/unicode-steganography-homoglyph-encoder,

XIOC detected URL: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/unicode-steganography-homoglyph-encoder,

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URL
detected URL: https://xato.net/passwords/more-top-worst-passwords,

XIOC detected URL: https://xato.net/passwords/more-top-worst-passwords,

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/first20hours/google-10000-english.

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/first20hours/google-10000-english.

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URL
detected URL: http://www.wtfpl.net/

XIOC detected URL: http://www.wtfpl.net/

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URL
detected URL: http://pieroxy.net/blog/pages/lz-string/testing.html

XIOC detected URL: http://pieroxy.net/blog/pages/lz-string/testing.html

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URL
detected URL: http://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to/

XIOC detected URL: http://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to/

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/floodyberry/poly1305-donna

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/floodyberry/poly1305-donna

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URL
detected URL: https://passlok.com/seeonce/seeonce_technical_document.pdf

XIOC detected URL: https://passlok.com/seeonce/seeonce_technical_document.pdf

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URL
detected URL: https://passlok.com/seeonce#==

XIOC detected URL: https://passlok.com/seeonce#==

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URL
detected URL: https://passlok.com/seeonce

XIOC detected URL: https://passlok.com/seeonce

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URL
detected URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jbcllagadcpaafoeknfklbenimcopnfc

XIOC detected URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jbcllagadcpaafoeknfklbenimcopnfc

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URL
detected URL: http://snippetrepo.com/snippets/bignum-base-conversion,

XIOC detected URL: http://snippetrepo.com/snippets/bignum-base-conversion,

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URL
detected URL: https://passlok.com/chat/chat.html#'

XIOC detected URL: https://passlok.com/chat/chat.html#'

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URL
detected URL: http://prgomez.com/current-version-of-seeonce/

XIOC detected URL: http://prgomez.com/current-version-of-seeonce/

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URL
detected URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/seeonce-privacy/jbcllagadcpaafoeknfklbenimcopnfc

XIOC detected URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/seeonce-privacy/jbcllagadcpaafoeknfklbenimcopnfc

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Domain
detected Domain: nacl.box

XIOC detected Domain: nacl.box

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URL
detected URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fruiz500.seeonce

XIOC detected URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fruiz500.seeonce

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URL
detected URL: https://passlok.com

XIOC detected URL: https://passlok.com

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URL
detected URL: http://www.7-zip.org/

XIOC detected URL: http://www.7-zip.org/

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URL
detected URL: http://www.kekaosx.com/

XIOC detected URL: http://www.kekaosx.com/

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URL
detected URL: http://hash.online-convert.com/sha256-generator

XIOC detected URL: http://hash.online-convert.com/sha256-generator

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URL
detected URL: http://see-once.weebly.com

XIOC detected URL: http://see-once.weebly.com

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URL
detected URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkkEQvLZaXA

XIOC detected URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkkEQvLZaXA

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URL
detected URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2N2r9vqUn8

XIOC detected URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2N2r9vqUn8

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URL
detected URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM8RSqLeids

XIOC detected URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM8RSqLeids

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URL
detected URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHRRE9BGeXw

XIOC detected URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHRRE9BGeXw

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/dchest/ed2curve-js--

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/dchest/ed2curve-js--

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/dchest/scrypt-async-js--

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/dchest/scrypt-async-js--

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/pieroxy/lz-string--

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/pieroxy/lz-string--

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify--

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify--

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Domain
detected Domain: purify.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: purify.js.map

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Domain
detected Domain: clients2.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: clients2.google.com

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Other
detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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URL
detected URL: https://passlok.com/chat/chat.html

XIOC detected URL: https://passlok.com/chat/chat.html

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/dchest/tweetnacl-js--

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/dchest/tweetnacl-js--

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Domain
detected Domain: createnodeiterator.call

XIOC detected Domain: createnodeiterator.call

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Domain
detected Domain: nodefilter.show

XIOC detected Domain: nodefilter.show

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Domain
detected Domain: hook.call

XIOC detected Domain: hook.call

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Domain
detected Domain: attr.name

XIOC detected Domain: attr.name

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Domain
detected Domain: createdocumentfragment.call

XIOC detected Domain: createdocumentfragment.call

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Domain
detected Domain: importnode.call

XIOC detected Domain: importnode.call

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Domain
detected Domain: body.ownerdocument.doctype.name

XIOC detected Domain: body.ownerdocument.doctype.name

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Domain
detected Domain: i.next

XIOC detected Domain: i.next

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Domain
detected Domain: o.constructor.name

XIOC detected Domain: o.constructor.name

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Domain
detected Domain: it.call

XIOC detected Domain: it.call

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Domain
detected Domain: it.next

XIOC detected Domain: it.next

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Domain
detected Domain: cfg.safe

XIOC detected Domain: cfg.safe

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Domain
detected Domain: cfg.in

XIOC detected Domain: cfg.in

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Domain
detected Domain: getelementsbytagname.call

XIOC detected Domain: getelementsbytagname.call

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Domain
detected Domain: nacl.box.open

XIOC detected Domain: nacl.box.open

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Domain
detected Domain: nacl.sign.open

XIOC detected Domain: nacl.sign.open

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Domain
detected Domain: array.prototype.slice.call

XIOC detected Domain: array.prototype.slice.call

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Domain
detected Domain: w3c.github.io

XIOC detected Domain: w3c.github.io

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Domain
detected Domain: html.spec.whatwg.org

XIOC detected Domain: html.spec.whatwg.org

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Domain
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XIOC detected Domain: boolean.prototype.valueof.call

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Domain
detected Domain: i.call

XIOC detected Domain: i.call

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Domain
detected Domain: www.irongeek.com

XIOC detected Domain: www.irongeek.com

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Domain
detected Domain: xato.net

XIOC detected Domain: xato.net

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Domain
detected Domain: www.wtfpl.net

XIOC detected Domain: www.wtfpl.net

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Domain
detected Domain: pieroxy.net

XIOC detected Domain: pieroxy.net

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Domain
detected Domain: object.prototype.hasownproperty.call

XIOC detected Domain: object.prototype.hasownproperty.call

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Domain
detected Domain: tweetnacl.cr.yp.to

XIOC detected Domain: tweetnacl.cr.yp.to

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Domain
detected Domain: filetoload.name

XIOC detected Domain: filetoload.name

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Domain
detected Domain: filelink.download

XIOC detected Domain: filelink.download

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Domain
detected Domain: nacl.secretbox.open

XIOC detected Domain: nacl.secretbox.open

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IP
detected Domain: snippetrepo.com

XIOC detected Domain: snippetrepo.com

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Domain
detected Domain: date.now

XIOC detected Domain: date.now

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Domain
detected Domain: window.open

XIOC detected Domain: window.open

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Domain
detected Domain: range.select

XIOC detected Domain: range.select

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Domain
detected Domain: online-convert.com

XIOC detected Domain: online-convert.com

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Domain
detected Domain: see-once.weebly.com

XIOC detected Domain: see-once.weebly.com

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Domain
detected Domain: gomez.com

XIOC detected Domain: gomez.com

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Domain
detected Domain: jitsi.org

XIOC detected Domain: jitsi.org

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Domain
detected Domain: object.prototype.tostring.call

XIOC detected Domain: object.prototype.tostring.call

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Domain
detected Domain: chrome.storage

XIOC detected Domain: chrome.storage

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Domain
detected Domain: keyscr.style.top

XIOC detected Domain: keyscr.style.top

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IP
detected Domain: www.7-zip.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.7-zip.org

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Domain
detected Domain: www.kekaosx.com

XIOC detected Domain: www.kekaosx.com

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Domain
detected Domain: hash.online-convert.com

XIOC detected Domain: hash.online-convert.com

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Domain
detected Domain: prgomez.com

XIOC detected Domain: prgomez.com

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Domain
detected Domain: chrome.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: chrome.google.com

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Domain
detected Domain: play.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: play.google.com

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Domain
detected Domain: jit.si

XIOC detected Domain: jit.si

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IP
detected IP: ::

XIOC detected IP: ::

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IP
detected IP: ::bef

XIOC detected IP: ::bef

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IP
detected IP: e::bef

XIOC detected IP: e::bef

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Domain
detected Domain: www.w3.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.w3.org

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Domain
detected Domain: passlok.com

XIOC detected Domain: passlok.com

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Domain
detected Domain: github.com

XIOC detected Domain: github.com

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URL
detected URL: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/infrastructure.html#xml-compatible

XIOC detected URL: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/infrastructure.html#xml-compatible

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

SeeOnce Privacy is a Chrome Web Store extension published by [email protected]. Version 1.2.13 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 41.14/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 136 security findings.

Risk Assessment

This extension presents moderate security risk. Several findings were detected that may warrant attention. Users should carefully review the permissions and findings before installation.

Findings Breakdown

  • High: 18 finding(s)
  • Medium: 118 finding(s)

What Was Analyzed

The security assessment covers multiple analysis categories:

  • Malware Detection: YARA rule matching against 2,400+ malware signatures
  • Secret Detection: Scanning for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
  • Static Analysis: Code-level security analysis for common vulnerability patterns
  • Network Analysis: Detection of suspicious network communications and endpoints
  • Obfuscation Detection: Identification of code obfuscation techniques

Developer Information

SeeOnce Privacy is published by [email protected] on the Chrome Web Store marketplace. The extension has approximately 28 users.

Recommendation

Exercise caution with this extension. Review the detailed findings and ensure the requested permissions align with the extension's stated functionality before installation.

Frequently Asked Questions