Another wave of malicious browser extensions capable of tracking user activity have been found across Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Some of them may have been active for up to five years.

Suppose you want to block ads or find a deal on a product; thus a browser extension could come in handy. Just a simple download from the browser’s extension store, and you are ready to rock holiday ...

Browser extensions are convenient tools because you don't have to leave your tab to access their assitance. They can perform various helpful tasks such as remembering your password and checking for ...

Google is testing a new feature in the Chrome browser that will warn users when an installed extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store, usually indicative of it being malware. An unending ...

A researcher has created a website that uses your installed Google Chrome extensions to generate a fingerprint of your device that can be used to track you online. It is then possible to track a ...

Security researchers warn that popular browser extensions may secretly track users, steal data, and expose over 800,000 ...

The offending extensions do not deploy traditional malware or attempt to exploit flaws in ChatGPT itself. Instead, they hook ...

Malicious Chrome extensions steal login data by impersonating Workday, NetSuite and SAP SuccessFactors platforms, cybersecurity researchers say.

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 ...

In brief: Just how bad is the problem of malicious extensions on the Chrome Web Store? That depends on who you believe. Google, for its part, says less than 1% of all installs include malware. But a ...