Browser extensions let you customize and add new features to Google Chrome but these 35 unlisted ones require sensitive permissions that could put your privacy at risk.

Attackers have started to exploit the very signals that users assume will keep them safe when it comes to add-ons to improve ...

A massive spyware campaign called "RedDirection" turned 18 popular browser extensions into surveillance tools, exposing over 2.3 million users-check your Chrome and Edge extensions now.

Experis Cyber revealed that dozens of well-known and Google-verified extensions turned into spying tools, including among ...

Security researchers have uncovered dozens of malicious Chrome and Edge extensions secretly tracking users’ online activity ...

Tuckner’s discovery is reminiscent of a 2019 analysis that found browser extensions installed on 4 million browsers collected ...

Most were removed from the Play Store, but according to BleepingComputer, “many of them continue to be available”. Although it wasn’t clearly specified, it’s safe to assume they’re available through ...

Maintain peak performance and privacy by cleaning out browser extensions that quietly use your PC resources for web scraping ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says hackers are embedding dangerous code in Chrome extensions to steal your data. Hacked Chrome extensions put 2.6 million users at risk of data leak Skip ...

For other extensions at risk of being disabled, you’ll need to find an MV3 alternative for those as well. If they don’t have a warning message on the Chrome Web Store page, they should be fine.

Cybercriminals have unleashed a large-scale attack on popular Chrome browser extensions, potentially compromising more than 2.5 million users' data.