Is HSBC-China Personal Online Banking extension safe?

Clean risk

The extension reads the device MAC address via a native messaging host and returns it to HSBC China online banking pages.

When HSBC China banking pages (hsbc.com.cn or hsbc.com.hk) request device identification, the extension relays the request through a native messaging host (com.cfca.hickit.hsbcpersonalbanking) and returns the MAC address to the calling page. Only HSBC-owned domains listed in the manifest are permitted to trigger this lookup; no other sites can invoke it. The native messaging host is provided by CFCA, China's state-owned certificate authority.

HSBC Software Development (Guangdong) Limitedv1.0.0.0Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

HSBC Software Development (Guangdong) Limited - no other listings under this identity

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
HSBC Software Development (Guangdong) Limited
Declared legal entity
HSBC Software Development (Guangdong) Limited
Registered address
Level 19, Office Tower 2, Tai Koo Hui, 383 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou Shi, Guangdong Sheng 510600, CN
Registered contact
HSBC Software Development (Guangdong) Limited

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.0.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Read and change your data on www.hkg2vl1674-cn.p2g.netd2.hsbc.com.hk

    https://www.hkg2vl1674-cn.p2g.netd2.hsbc.com.hk/*

  • Read and change your data on www.hkg2vl1706-cn.p2g.netd2.hsbc.com.hk

    https://www.hkg2vl1706-cn.p2g.netd2.hsbc.com.hk/*

  • Read and change your data on www.hkg2vl1847-cn.p2g.netd2.hsbc.com.hk

    https://www.hkg2vl1847-cn.p2g.netd2.hsbc.com.hk/*

  • Read and change your data on tko.lp.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://tko.lp.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on skm.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://skm.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on tko.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://tko.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on www.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://www.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on www1.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://www1.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on www2.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://www2.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on tko.lp.security.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://tko.lp.security.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on www.security.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://www.security.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on www1.security.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://www1.security.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on www2.security.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://www2.security.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on static.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://static.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on www.file.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://www.file.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on www1.file.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://www1.file.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on www2.file.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://www2.file.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on static.tko.lp.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://static.tko.lp.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Read and change your data on static-origin.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    https://static-origin.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn/*

  • Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox

    nativeMessaging

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed HSBC-China Personal Online Banking extension contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • www.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn

    HSBC-China Personal Online Banking extension sends data to www.services.online-banking.hsbc.com.cn. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

  • com.cfca.hickit.hsbcpersonalbanking (native host)

    HSBC-China Personal Online Banking extension sends data to com.cfca.hickit.hsbcpersonalbanking (native host). Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

Updated 30 September 2026inhijphlncejiiihgaifokadcdicjahm