Modern bot detection rarely deals with obviously fake browsers. Most large-scale automation today runs inside browser ...

Suppose you want to block ads or find a deal on a product; thus a browser extension could come in handy. Just a simple download from the browser’s extension store, and you are ready to rock holiday ...

Security-focused web developer z0ccc has created a web application that shows how other websites track users’ Internet activity via their installed Chrome extensions. “Extension Fingerprints” detects ...

A researcher has created a website that uses your installed Google Chrome extensions to generate a fingerprint of your device that can be used to track you online. It is then possible to track a ...

A lot of what we do on our computers goes through the browser, and that means any extensions you choose to add on top of that browser have a very privileged position: They can see where you’re going ...

Starting with version 25 of Google Chrome, browser extensions installed offline by other applications will not be enabled until users give their permission through a dialog box in the browser ...

A set of malicious Google Chrome extensions designed to monitor browsing activity have been installed on more than 1.4 million devices, researchers have reported. As described in a blog post from ...

Google is cracking down again on deceptive Chrome extension installation practices. The browser maker listed new rules yesterday that extension developers must follow, or face the possibility of ...