extensions

What do malicious browser extensions, crypto theft, and fake Chrome update guides have in common? We look at a recent campaign involving 19 infected add-ons.

Sketchy online stores, crypto investments promising fast returns, hidden subscriptions, and browser extensions loaded with harmful software… online scams have moved well beyond classic phishing. Here’s how to spot the websites operating in this gray area, and what kind of harm they can do.

We’ve identified a new infostealer named Stealka, which masquerades as pirated software and game mods. It targets data stored inside browsers, locally installed applications, and crypto wallets.

Systematic measures and tools that organizations can use to defend against malicious browser extensions.

How malicious extensions can spoof AI sidebars in the Comet and Atlas browsers, intercept user queries, and manipulate model responses.

This is a story of how a blockchain developer lost US$500 000 to a fake Solidity extension from the Open VSX marketplace.

Researchers find 57 potentially dangerous browser extensions in the Chrome Web Store. Here’s why they’re dangerous, and how not to fall victim.

How to counter new privacy invasions by browser developers

How malicious extensions steal cryptocurrency, hijack accounts in games and social networks, manipulate search results, and display intrusive ads.

How attackers use infected archives and malicious browser extensions to steal Facebook Business accounts.

A few dozen malicious extensions — with a combined 87 million downloads — discovered in Google’s Chrome Web Store.

Using the most common families of malicious extensions as an example, we explain what can go wrong after installing a browser plug-in.

Someone tried to use popular Google Chrome Extensions for secretly playing videos in users’ browsers to inflate view counts.

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.

Chrome and Firefox extensions can collect your browsing history. Learn why this is dangerous and how to protect yourself.

Too many ads on your computer lately? Malicious Chrome extensions might be to blame.

The Razy Trojan secretly installs malicious extensions for Chrome and Firefox to serve phishing links and steal cryptocurrency.

The personal data of 257,000 Facebook users, including private messages belonging to 81,000 of them, has leaked online. Hackers claim to have access to 120 million accounts.

Chrome browser extension steals users’ bank data.

Browser extensions are handy, but they can also be really dangerous. Here’s what can go wrong and what you can do about it.