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We are now Cyber Essentials Certified!

8th August 2025 By Chris Moore


Having worked with many clients to get them certified to the UK Cyber Essentials scheme, we had somehow not got around to doing the same for ourselves. Although we made our own systems CE-Compliant as a learning and training process before we started taking anyone else through it, there was always somehow something more pressing to get done than filling in the assessment ourselves.

But – to tie in with the launch of some new and exciting Cyber Security services coming up this Autumn – we decided that it was finally time to invest in getting the ‘Badge’ ourselves, to demonstrate the standards to which we have long been working!

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security

Malicious Browser Extensions uncovered for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge

10th February 2021 By Chris Moore

In December 2020, Czech researchers at cz.nic discovered a series of Chrome and Edge browser extensions which were able to communicate with malicious web hosts, and potentially transmit confidential data from users’ computers. It seems likely these may have been active since 2017/18.

They alerted Google and Microsoft, who removed the malicious extensions from their respective Extension Stores by 18 December 2020. However, by that time around 3 million downloads were had been made and were out there sitting in people’s browsers.

Details have appeared more widely online recently, and below is a list of Extensions listed as at 10 February 2021. Many of them are presented as tools to assist in uploading and downloading video and other media content to Social Media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Vimeo – although there are also extensions which link to News and other sites.

Please check your browsers for any extensions listed and remove them immediately. The Extension ID uniquely identifies the extension, where different extensions may have been given the same name by their authors.

Known malicious Chrome Extensions

To locate the Extension ID in Chrome:

  • Go to ‘Settings’, ‘Extensions’ via the three-dots menu at the top right of Chrome, which will display all Extensions you have installed.
  • Click the ‘Details’ button for an Extension and look at the URL in the address bar.
  • It will show something like:
    chrome://extensions/?id=cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb
    where the character string after ?id= is the Extension ID. The example illustrated is for the legitimate ‘Adblock Plus’ and is fine!
Chrome Extension NameExtension ID
Direct Message for Instagrammdpgppkombninhkfhaggckdmencplhmg
DM for Instagramfgaapohcdolaiaijobecfleiohcfhdfb
Invisible mode for Instagram Direct Messageiibnodnghffmdcebaglfgnfkgemcbchf
Downloader for Instagramolkpikmlhoaojbbmmpejnimiglejmboe
App Phone for Instagrambhfoemlllidnfefgkeaeocnageepbael
Stories for Instagramnilbfjdbacfdodpbdondbbkmoigehodg
Universal Video Downloadereikbfklcjampfnmclhjeifbmfkpkfpbn
Video Downloader for FaceBook™pfnmibjifkhhblmdmaocfohebdpfppkf
Vimeo™ Video Downloadercgpbghdbejagejmciefmekcklikpoeel
Zoomer for Instagram and FaceBookklejifgmmnkgejbhgmpgajemhlnijlib
VK UnBlock. Works fast.ceoldlgkhdbnnmojajjgfapagjccblib
Odnoklassniki UnBlock. Works quickly.mnafnfdagggclnaggnjajohakfbppaih
Upload photo to Instagram™oknpgmaeedlbdichgaghebhiknmghffa
Spotify Music Downloaderpcaaejaejpolbbchlmbdjfiggojefllp
The New York Times Newslmcajpniijhhhpcnhleibgiehhicjlnk
FORBESlgjogljbnbfjcaigalbhiagkboajmkkj
Скачать фото и видео из Instagramakdbogfpgohikflhccclloneidjkogog

Known malicious Edge Extensions

To locate the Extension ID in Edge:

  • Go to ‘Extensions’ via the three-dots menu at the top right of Edge, which will display all Extensions you have installed.
  • Click the ‘Details’ button for an Extension and look at the URL in the address bar.
  • It will show something like:
    edge://extensions/?id=cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb
    where the character string after ?id= is the Extension ID. The example illustrated is, as above, for the legitimate ‘Adblock Plus’ and is fine!
Edge Extension NameExtension ID
Direct Message for Instagram™lnocaphbapmclliacmbbggnfnjojbjgf
Instagram Download Video & Imagebhcpgfhiobcpokfpdahijhnipenkplji
App Phone for Instagramdambkkeeabmnhelekdekfmabnckghdih
Universal Video Downloaderdgjmdlifhbljhmgkjbojeejmeeplapej
Video Downloader for FaceBook™emechknidkghbpiodihlodkhnljplpjm
Vimeo™ Video Downloaderhajlccgbgjdcjaommiffaphjdndpjcio
Volume Controllerdljdbmkffjijepjnkonndbdiakjfdcic
Stories for Instagramcjmpdadldchjmljhkigoeejegmghaabp
Upload photo to Instagram™jlkfgpiicpnlbmmmpkpdjkkdolgomhmb
Pretty Kitty, The Cat Petnjdkgjbjmdceaibhngelkkloceihelle
Video Downloader for YouTubephoehhafolaebdpimmbmlofmeibdkckp
SoundCloud Music Downloaderpccfaccnfkjmdlkollpiaialndbieibj
Instagram App with Direct Message DMfbhbpnjkpcdmcgcpfilooccjgemlkinn
Downloader for Instagramaemaecahdckfllfldhgimjhdgiaahean

Good luck in checking and clearing out anything nasty that you find!

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Browser, Chrome, Edge, Malware, Web

How to create Daily Recurring Tasks in Microsoft Planner

15th April 2020 By Chris Moore

This video walks you through how to create Scheduled Tasks in Microsoft Planner, using Microsoft Power Automate. This technique adds key functionality to Planner to make it a more useful and comprehensive planning tool.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Productivity Techniques

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