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

First, it will alert users if an extension has been unpublished by its developer. Second, it will notify users if an extension has been removed due to a violation of Chrome Web Store policies. Lastly, ...

Anyone who uses Chrome to surf the web must be on high alert and check they haven't downloaded and rogue browser extensions.

Security researchers have discovered 11 malicious Google Chrome extensions that have collectively been downloaded over 1.7 ...

Google’s latest security measure in Chrome aims to make it easier to spot potentially malicious extensions. According to the Chrome developer blog, Chrome version 117 will introduce a trio of ...

Google has removed more than 500 malicious Chrome extensions from its official Web Store following a two-months long investigation conducted by security researcher Jamila Kaya and Cisco's Duo ...

Nearly 2 million people hit by malicious Chrome installations that can track you — what to ... Google explains that Safety Check will alert you about an extension if its developer has taken ...

Chrome Web Store under assault by malicious extension devs The addition of these popups are part of Google's plan to fight malicious Chrome extensions that have been starting to plague the Web ...

Adding up the total installs for all eight extensions, attackers managed to deliver their malicious code to nearly 4.8 million users. In addition, Bleeping Computer also reported about several ...

Unfortunately, more than 1.7 million Chrome users had already installed that first batch of extensions she found, which gave some urgency to this investigation — the results of which have been ...

You can easily become a target of Gmail hacking from a malicious Chrome extension tied to North Korea if you fail to ignore suspicious ... SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER .

Malicious Chrome extensions infect 100,000-plus users, again Over two months, seven extensions stole credentials and installed currency miners. Dan Goodin – May 10, 2018 6:30 ...