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.

The malicious extension, available as version 24.10.4, was available for 31 hours, from December 25 at 1:32 AM UTC to Dec 26 at 2:50 AM UTC. Chrome browsers actively running Cyberhaven during that ...

A phishing campaign infects 722 users with malicious browser extensions in Latin America to steal bank login data.

While cyberattacks often exploit zero-day flaws in Google’s browser, there’s an easier way to target Chrome users: malicious extensions. Just like with malicious apps, these bad extensions can ...

Researchers find malicious browser extensions can assume the appearance of any other installed in the browser It can also disable other extensions, completely tricking the victim The extension can ...

Secure Annex cybersecurity researcher John Tuckner has identified 57 malicious Chrome extensions that can be used to track your activities or run malware. Although most of the extensions in ...

Chrome extensions were spotted leaking sensitive browser data like API keys, secrets, and tokens via unguarded HTTP ...

A newly devised "polymorphic" attack allows malicious Chrome extensions to morph into other browser extensions, including password managers, crypto wallets, and banking apps, to steal sensitive ...

They can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store, which functions like the Play Store but for extensions. However, extensions are easier to mimic and turn into malicious software compared to apps.

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 ...

In recent weeks, we have covered several malicious browser extensions on the Chrome Web Store as well as dangerous apps on Google Play. Even on official channels, you should always be very careful ...