Over 2.3 million Chrome and Edge users were compromised by 18 seemingly legitimate browser extensions that turned into ...

Researchers from Koi Security have detected 18 malicious Chrome and Edge extensions masquerading as benign productivity and ...

Security researchers have discovered 11 malicious Google Chrome extensions that have collectively been downloaded over 1.7 ...

The Geco extension has more than 800 reviews on the Chrome Web Store, 4.2 stars (out of 5), and "featured" placement. Microsoft's Edge Add-ons shows similarly glowing write-ups from its 1,000-plus ...

Trusted extensions that had gained tons of positive reviews and installs over a long period of time suddenly turned malicious ...

First, it will alert users if an extension has been unpublished by its developer. Second, it will notify users if an extension has been removed due to a violation of Chrome Web Store policies. Lastly, ...

Google has removed from the Chrome Web Store 32 malicious extensions that could alter search results and push spam or unwanted ads. Collectively, they come with a download count of 75 million.

Once installed, the malicious extension scans the victim’s browser for other extensions. It can do this in two ways. If it has permission to use the "chrome.management" API, it grabs a list of ...

Once these malicious extensions are published and pass the Chrome Web Store's security review, they are made available to millions of users, putting them at risk of data theft.

Google’s latest security measure in Chrome aims to make it easier to spot potentially malicious extensions. According to the Chrome developer blog, Chrome version 117 will introduce a trio of ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has identified five malicious Google Chrome Extensions that surreptitiously track online browser’s ...

While Chrome has a few excellent safety checks built in, you can never be too careful when installing extensions from the hundreds of thousands available on the Chrome Web Store.Though generally ...