Hundreds of popular add‑ons used encrypted, URL‑sized payloads to send search queries, referrers, and timestamps to outside servers, in some cases tied to data brokers and unknown operators.
Three of the four vulnerabilities remained unpatched months after OX Security reported them to the maintainers.
Security experts have uncovered dangerous Chrome extensions that promise or impersonate AI tools to steal sensitive data.
Chrome and Edge users warned about NexShield browser extension scam that causes crashes and tricks users into installing ...
A set of 30 malicious Chrome extensions that have been installed by more than 300,000 users are masquerading as AI assistants to steal credentials, email content, and browsing information.
Despite ongoing efforts by Google to tighten security, malicious browser extensions continue to find their way onto the Chrome Web Store — and into users’ ...
Five extensions were doing all sorts of malicious acts, including stealing payment data.
Researchers have uncovered 30 Chrome extensions stealing user data. Here’s how to check your browser and remove any malicious extensions step by step.
IT researchers have traced numerous Chrome extensions back to a campaign that jeopardizes the information of 260.000 users.
Hundreds of thousands of users have downloaded malicious AI extensions masquerading as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and others, warn ...
Chrome Web Store is again in the spotlight, and not for good reasons once again. Symantec researchers have recently discovered several browser extensions that somehow slipped past Google’s security ...
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a serious threat hiding inside Google Chrome. Several browser extensions pretend to be helpful tools. In reality, they quietly take over user accounts. These ...