No Ars Discussion of the Honey Scam. The extension that purports to find you deals, but it's main purpose is poaching affiliate links (commissions and more). It's potentially considered the biggest ...

WTF?! Several browser extensions with a combined total of more than 2.3 million downloads were reportedly hijacking browsing sessions and tracking user activity. Many of these malicious add-ons ...

As the most popular browser by far, there are tons of extensions that let you customize and tweak Google Chrome to your heart’s content. However, a security researcher has discovered dozens of ...

Everyone knows (or should know) that the safest way to handle browser extensions is to make sure you're getting them from a trusted, reliable source. That alone isn't enough to ensure you want fall ...

Two new reports reveal distinctly different opinions about the safety of Chrome browser extensions. Google says that less than 1% of all installs include malware, while university researchers say 280 ...

Cyberhaven, a California-based cyber security firm says it was recently hacked on Christmas Eve, and that the hackers were targeting Chrome extensions. Cyberhaven doesn’t mention what the reasoning ...

Hackers continue to find ways to sneak malicious extensions into the Chrome web store—this time, the two offenders are impersonating an add-on that allows users to have conversations with ChatGPT and ...