"Under New Management" keeps an eye on the Chrome Web Store, looking for new developer names that show up when extensions are sold off.

Google delisted the image conversion tool earlier this month, but not before it had likely been modifying thousands of users' ...

An extension I used almost every day was bought by a new owner and loaded up with spyware. It happened in 2024, but Google only removed it this week.

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Millions installed 'productivity' Chrome extensions that became malware after acquisition. Here's how browser extensions became enterprise security's weakest link.

While browser extensions add useful functionality to Web browsers, such as blocking ads, managing passwords, and taking notes, they also increase the organization's security and privacy risks. Browser ...

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 ...

GlassWorm campaign used 72 malicious Open VSX extensions and infected 151 GitHub repositories, enabling stealth supply-chain attacks on developers.

A Christmas Eve phishing attack resulted in an unknown party taking over a Cyberhaven employee's Google Chrome Web Store account and publishing a malicious version of Cyberhaven's Chrome extension.

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