OTX Threat: PEEP: A Browser RAT Posing as a Chrome Extension

PEEP is a Chromium-based post-exploitation toolkit disguised as 'Smart Bookmarks' that transforms Chrome and Edge browsers into persistent backdoors. Requiring prior administrative access, it bypasses Web Store security by forging Chromium integrity values and uses native-messaging to extend beyond browser telemetry to full host-level command execution. The malware beacons every 30 seconds over un CVEs: CVE-2026-20316