More than 300,000 Chrome users have installed what looked like helpful AI add-ons that were actually data-stealing extensions ...
Attackers are impersonating ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok.
Google confirmed that it has removed 34 malicious extensions from Chrome. This is not the first time Chrome has been found to have malicious extensions, and some of them may still be downloaded on ...
Despite numerous efforts by Google, browser hijacking in browsers, including Google Chrome, has remained the biggest security problem. Data shows over 32% of undetectable malware is spread through the ...
Hundreds of popular add‑ons used encrypted, URL‑sized payloads to send search queries, referrers, and timestamps to outside servers, in some cases tied to data brokers and unknown operators.
Tens of thousands of people have downloaded what they believed were useful AI tools for their browsers, only to give hackers a direct path into their most private online activity, including emails.
A handful of Chrome extensions have been harvesting entire conversation logs of users' interactions with the most popular AI chatbots. Most chatbot users understand that the companies behind them are ...
Google Chrome is adding a new safety check feature to Chrome 117. This feature will warn you if an extension you have installed has been removed from the Chrome Web Store. Extensions can be removed ...
Google’s plan to modernize desktop Chrome extensions is entering its final stages as Manifest V2 tools will stop working by early next year. With Manifest V3, Google wants to make extensions more ...