Two recent reports offer contrasting views on the safety of Chrome browser extensions. According to Google, less than 1% of all installations include malware. In contrast, university researchers claim ...

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 users ...

Although you can add a variety of extensions to Chrome and use them conveniently, there is a risk that problems such as ``malware may be installed as soon as the owner of the extension changes' ' may ...

Cybersecurity giant Kaspersky has identified nearly three dozen Google Chrome extensions carrying a malicious payload, which collectively have amassed around 87 million downloads, including one which ...

Well, that wasn't fun. Last week, Ars Technica ran a report about 33 Chrome extensions that have been found to have malware. And yeah, yesterday I found that I had one of them installed. You can read ...

A set of malicious Google Chrome extensions designed to monitor browsing activity have been installed on more than 1.4 million devices, researchers have reported. As described in a blog post from ...

In brief: Just how bad is the problem of malicious extensions on the Chrome Web Store? That depends on who you believe. Google, for its part, says less than 1% of all installs include malware. But a ...

While they're useful, browser extensions can also require a lot of access to what you do in your browser. And if your worst nightmare is having a third-party tool ...

Your web browser is an ecosystem of its own. It stores your passwords, search history, financial details like credit card numbers, addresses and more. Just like how ...