Browser extensions can access the prompts of commercial and internal AIs to snag your sensitive data, says LayerX. But there ...

LayerX Security, the leader in protecting organizations against malicious browser extensions, has integrated its ...

Security researchers have uncovered dozens of malicious Chrome and Edge extensions secretly tracking users’ online activity and sending it to remote servers. Google has removed them from its store, ...

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 ...

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.

Cheats and mods are now frontlines for cybercrime targeting gamers' wallets and private dataVerified crypto wallets like ...

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 ...

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SquareX, an industry-first Browser Detection and Response (BDR) solution, leads the way in browser security. About a week ago, SquareX reported large-scale attacks targeting Chrome Extension ...

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.

At DEF CON 32, the SquareX research team delivered a hard-hitting presentation titled Sneaky Extensions: The MV3 Escape Artists where they shared their findings on how malicious browser extensions are ...