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

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.

The affected extensions include those used to capture a screen shot, ad blocking and emoji keyboards, with at least 3,200,000 users at risk, they warned. How does the malicious extension work?

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

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

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 ...

A new investigation has revealed 245 browser extensions, installed on almost a million devices, have been leading a double ...

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

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.