We frequently write about Android malware smuggled onto the Google Play Store in the form of what appear to be legitimate apps. However, the Play Store isn’t the only Google-run app store with a ...
Any untrusted software that you install could be dangerous. Whether it's a mobile app, a PC game, or a browser extension, it could be stealing your data. This week, security researchers at McAfee Labs ...
Facebook is filing a lawsuit against the makers of four Chrome extensions that installed code on users' computers designed to scrape private information. The company behind the following extensions ...
Isn't it nice when malware authors make it easy to remove their dirty code? Sometimes all you have to do is open the Control Panel and uninstall the offending program, just like any other application.
Google has removed 49 malicious Chrome extensions from its Web Store following concerns that they were stealing cryptocurrency. As reported by ZDNet, the malicious extensions all posed as ...
More than three million Google Chrome users have been issued a warning about 16 browser extensions that have been compromised by hackers. Cybersecurity experts urged users to delete them now after ...
This is a cautionary tale for all of you who install extensions to Chrome or add-ons to Edge browsers willy-nilly. Security firm Koi has revealed that browser extensions with more than 8 million ...
Google Chrome users should delete 16 extensions that have been hijacked by a ‘threat actor’ (Pictures: Getty) Millions of Chrome users have been warned to delete 16 browser extensions which have been ...
Google Chrome is one of the most used web browsers in the world and further has the highest number of extensions available for users to take advantage of. If the user does not have the specific ...
Extensions can be very useful on Safari for Mac, adding functionality, and — in Apple’s words — letting users, “explore the web the way you want.” But how do you get rid of them once they’re installed ...
Cybersecurity giant Kaspersky has identified nearly three dozen Google Chrome extensions carrying a malicious payload, which collectively have amassed around 87 million downloads, including one which ...