A Google Chrome Web Store campaign uses over 100 malicious browser extensions that mimic legitimate tools, such as VPNs, AI assistants, and crypto utilities, to steal browser cookies and execute ...

Then, hackers will then create a malicious Chrome extension to launch on the official ... scan your PC or Mac regularly and immediately alert you to suspicious activity. It’s best to store ...

Chrome, which is the most popular ... A good antivirus can warn you before you install malicious software, such as sketchy browser extensions. It can also alert you to phishing emails and ...

OtterCookie v3 has been found to incorporate a new upload module to send files matching a predefined set of extensions to the ...

Proving otherwise, dozens of extensions on the Chrome Web Store have been found ... It has also been known as a way to target users to install a malicious extension while being really hard to ...

Google is adding a new AI-powered alert system that will warn users if a website is trying to scam them with fake security ...

The attack was devised by Varonis security researchers, who shared a proof-of-concept (PoC) method involving a malicious and a legitimate Chrome extension. However, stealing session cookies is not ...

SquareX spends a great deal of its time obsessing over the degree to which browser extension architectures represent a potential vector of attack for hackers. Also: I found a malicious Chrome ...

A Microsoft dev has submitted an update to Chromium The update de-elevates Chrome, to run without admin privileges by default This should prevent malicious add-ons and extensions from operating ...

the ExtensionTotal detection engine found a Chrome extension communicating with a local service implementing the Model Context Protocol – an MCP host. Although the extension itself showed no signs of ...