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 ...

Google is developing a new version of Chrome for Android that supports extensions, and recent builds show significant progress. It’s now possible to install Chrome extensions directly from the Chrome ...

If you want to enable extensions in incognito mode on your browser, go to the Extension settings page, find the extension you want, and toggle the option that says “Allow it incognito or in Private ...

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 ...