(credit: Chrome) Users of Google’s Chrome browser have faced three security concerns over the past 24 hours in the form of a malicious extension with more than 2 million users, a just-fixed zero-day, and new information about how malware can abuse Chrome’s sync feature to bypass firewalls. Let’s discuss them one by one. First up, […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In December, Ars reported that as many as 3 million people had been infected by Chrome and Edge browser extensions that stole personal data and redirected users to ad or phishing sites. Now, the researchers who discovered the scam have revealed the lengths the extension developers took to hide their nefarious […]
Expand (charge: Getty Images) As many as many people are infected with Chrome along with Edge browser extensions which steal private data and divert users to malware or ad websites, a security company said on Wednesday. Overall, researchers in Prague-based Avast stated they discovered 28 extensions to its Google Chrome along with Microsoft Edge browsers […]
Enlarge / Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (credit: Getty Images) A US senator is calling on the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity arm to assess the threat posed by browser extensions made in countries known to conduct espionage against the US. “I am concerned that the use by millions of Americans of […]