Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions
The people overseeing the security of Google’s Chrome browser explicitly forbid third-party extension developers from trying ...
Ars Technica20d
Time to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions
As many of us celebrated the year-end holidays, a small group of researchers worked overtime tracking a startling discovery: At least 33 browser extensions hosted in Google’s Chrome Web Store ...
I found a malicious Chrome extension on my system - here's how and what I did next
When Chrome flagged an extension for malware, it triggered hours of cleanup. Learn how to check your extensions, clear ...
Ars Technica20d
Dozens of backdoored Chrome extensions discovered on 2.6 million devices
No Ars Discussion of the Honey ... about using Brave and Firefox, as if their extensions are not also similarly vulnerable (in fact, Brave uses Chrome extensions; even Opera supports Chrome ...
Ars Technica20d
Dozens of backdoored Chrome extensions discovered on 2.6 million devices
This is a nice reminder that I'm not compartmentalizing my browsing enough and relying far too hard on code from (waves hands around) literal strangers making browser extensions for no reason at ...