TL;DR: A sophisticated malware campaign infected 2.3 million Chrome and Edge users. It worked because a bunch of browser extensions were on the market for a long time, gaining a trusted reputation, ...

ShadyPanda campaign turned 145 Chrome/Edge extensions malicious after years of normal use Updates added affiliate fraud, cookie theft, search hijacking, and remote code execution 4.3M devices at risk; ...

Malicious browser extensions disguised as TikTok downloaders compromised 130,000 users, exposing a growing blind spot in ...

Every day, millions of people install tiny browser add-ons they believe will improve productivity or entertainment. With so many options available on the Chrome Web Store, users often rely on trust ...

AI browser extensions increase enterprise risk with 60% higher vulnerabilities, bypassing DLP controls and exposing sensitive ...

Microsoft is killing another one of its free, popular and highly rated apps, this time in the form of browser extensions on Chrome and Edge. Early last month, Microsoft announced that it was going to ...

A Twitter user identified as @Leopeva64 uncovered the upcoming support for extensions in Edge for Android and shared screenshots of this discovery. The addition of extension support brings Edge for ...

Something to look forward to: Microsoft is making a serious push to improve Edge's performance. The Chromium-based browser is introducing "smart" enhancements for managing slow extensions, giving ...

While browser extensions add useful functionality to Web browsers, such as blocking ads, managing passwords, and taking notes, they also increase the organization's security and privacy risks. Browser ...

Browser extensions are a modern fact of online life. And with good reason – they can help to streamline our everyday computing headaches, enhance the browsing experience (thank you, Ad Blocker), and ...

LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browsers to determine which extensions they’re running. Two class action complaints were filed by different law firms on behalf of ...