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

Browser extensions can be just as dangerous as regular apps, and their integration with the tool everyone’s constantly using ...

Almost a dozen malicious extensions with 1.7 million downloads in Google's Chrome Web Store could track users, steal browser activity, and redirect to potentially unsafe web addresses.

On Tuesday, the company is announcing "Password Checkup," which runs in Chrome all the time as you go about your daily web browsing, and checks passwords you enter on all sites against a database ...

Researchers have discovered malicious extensions on Chrome Web Store with 1.7M downloads, capable of tracking users and ...

Almost a dozen malicious extensions found in Google’s Chrome Web Store have been downloaded 1.7 million times. According to ...

Google announced a major change to its Safe Browsing feature in Chrome today that will make the service work in real time by checking against a server-side list -- all without sharing your ...

THOUSANDS of Chrome users are being urged to delete immediately certain apps that pose a security risk. It comes after experts issued a “tracker” warning on 11 apps that have been ...

Earlier this month, an alarm sounded—security researchers at GitLab Threat Intelligence discovered a handful of Chrome extensions adding code in order to commit fraud, with at least 3.2 million ...

The most popular of the extensions is called Cuponomia: Coupons and Cashback (with 700,000+ users), followed by Fire Shield Extension Protection and Total Safety for Chrome (with 300,000+ users each).

Upgraded to flag untrusted Chrome extensions. Starting with Google Chrome 91, ... "After a short wait, if Safe Browsing determines the file is unsafe, Chrome will display a warning.

Internet users will be able to know if an extension can be used to do this using the Chrome Extension Source Viewer. Here’s how: Step 1 : Add Chrome Extension Source Viewer to Chrome.