Microsoft has introduced an updated version of the "Publish API for Edge extension developers" that increases the security for developer accounts and the updating of browser extensions. When first ...

A new browser extension called Slop Evader lets users browse a pre-AI internet by filtering Google search results to content ...

More than 8 million people have installed extensions that eavesdrop on chatbot interactions Ad blockers and VPNs are supposed ...

Extensions installed on almost 1 million devices have been overriding key security protections to turn browsers into engines that scrape websites on behalf of a paid service, a researcher said. The ...

A Chrome browser extension with 6 million users, as well as seven other Chrome and Edge extensions, for months have been silently collecting data from every AI chatbot conversion, packaging it, and ...

The shutter is coming down on widely used Google Chrome extensions that haven’t been updated to a new version of the software. Google warned last year that it was barring access to extensions that ...

A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has uploaded to the Chrome Web Store a proof-of-concept extension that can steal plaintext passwords from a website's source code. An ...

How often do you assess the risk of browser extensions and their permissions? There are a myriad of browser extensions that can be installed in today’s modern web browsers. While browser extensions ...

Chrome extensions are incredibly useful, whether you want to block ads, track the best deals or enhance your browsing experience. They can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store, which functions like ...