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.

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.

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

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

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

SquareX researchers disclosed the technological reason behind this vulnerability, highlighting an architectural flaw in Browser DevTools that prevents browser vendors and enterprises from performing ...

The discovery of over 35 compromised Chrome extensions, putting 2.6 million users at risk, is a wake-up call for everyone. Removing suspicious extensions is an essential step to protect your data.

As of December 30, 2024, at least 26 widely used extensions have […] The post 25+ Chrome Browser Extensions Hacked, 2.5M Users at Risk appeared first on Techopedia.

Most of these issues arose because the Chrome extension standard, Manifest Version 2 (MV2), was riddled with loopholes that granted extensions excessive permissions, and allowed scripts to be ...

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.