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

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.

THOUSANDS of Chrome users are being urged to delete immediately certain apps that pose a security risk. It comes after ...

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

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 ...

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.

Chrome is also getting a new scanning feature for suspicious-looking downloads. In the future, any downloads that seem “risky, but not clearly unsafe” will offer an option to upload them to ...

Researchers have uncovered four malicious extensions with more than 500,000 combined downloads from the Google Chrome Web Store, a finding that highlights a key weakness in what's widely ...

Google has since removed these extensions from the Chrome Web Store and since they’re malware, they should be automatically disabled as well. But they’re likely still lingering on your PC.

Chrome will start displaying a new dialogue warning users to proceed with caution if an extension is not trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing. Security The best VPN services of 2024: Expert tested ...

Google has announced that it will be extending its policy that requires Chrome extensions to be hosted on the Chrome Web Store to all Mac users beginning in July 2015. Google says it is extending ...