A hot potato: Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign that infected millions of computers via browser extensions on the Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Edge add-ons ...

A China-linked threat actor used malicious browser extensions over seven years to steal data and corporate intelligence from ...

Malicious Chrome and Edge browser extensions with over 3 million installs, most of them still available on the Chrome Web Store and the Microsoft Edge Add-ons portal, are capable of stealing users' ...

Microsoft has removed 18 Edge browser extensions from the Edge Add-ons portal after the extensions were caught injecting ads into users' web search results pages. We tested the best VPN services -- ...

Koi's investigation identified eight such extensions available on the Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Edge Add-ons page, collectively surpassing eight million installations. Seven of them carried ...

More than three million internet users are believed to have installed 15 Chrome, and 13 Edge extensions that contain malicious code, security firm Avast said today. But despite the presence of code to ...

Microsoft has been aggressively pushing its new Chromium-based Edge web browser to people, sometimes in ways that don't sit well with users. It has been promoting how fully-featured it is or how it is ...

This is a cautionary tale for all of you who install extensions to Chrome or add-ons to Edge browsers willy-nilly. Security ...

In December, Ars reported that as many as 3 million people had been infected by Chrome and Edge browser extensions that stole personal data and redirected users to ad or phishing sites. Now, the ...

For years, Google and Mozilla have battled to keep abusive or outright malicious browser extensions from infiltrating their official repositories. Now, Microsoft is taking up the fight. Over the past ...

Microsoft announced today that the redesigned Edge Add-ons page is now live for all users. The company says that the revamp aims at addressing “several key concerns” that were highlighted by users ...

Now that the new Microsoft Edge based on the Chromium engine is rolling out, you may find some of the extensions missing after the upgrade process. Legacy Edge HTML and the new Edge do not use the ...