Security researchers LayerX have discovered 17 extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers which monitored people’s ...

A stealthy malware campaign, GhostPoster, has been using fake browser extensions to infiltrate Chrome, Firefox and Edge users, secretly stealing data and ad revenue for years.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google’s transition to Manifest V3 has been criticized for its potential impact on ad blockers. Google’s ...

Bottom line: After years of delaying the adoption of Manifest V3, Google is now moving forward and accelerating the process. Soon, users will have to choose between accepting Chrome's inferior ...

Vinegar blocks all YouTube ads and restores features like playing videos in the background and picture-in-picture on iPhone, ...

As of October 2023, many of the most popular browser extensions, which numerous users utilize every day as reliable sources, have been found to be potentially vulnerable to exploitation by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Google’s YouTube is ramping up its crackdown on privacy-preserving ad ...

YouTube's crack down on ad blockers leads to unskippable blank video ads on the platform. Credit: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images YouTube ad-blocker users, prepare to stare at nothing for ...