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.

Consent pop-ups learned my answer, and it’s permanently “no.” ...

The Chrome Web Store has been infested with dozens of malicious browser extensions claiming to provide AI assistant functionality but that secretly are siphoning off personal information from victims.

Despite ongoing efforts by Google to tighten security, malicious browser extensions continue to find their way onto the Chrome Web Store — and into users’ ...

More than 300 Chrome extensions were found to be leaking browser data, spying on users, or stealing user information.

Over 260,000 users installed fake AI Chrome extensions that used iframe injection to steal browser and Gmail data, exposing ...

Criminals are pushing surveillance tools into the Google Chrome Web Store ...

Another set of 17 malicious extensions linked to the GhostPoster campaign has been discovered in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge stores, where they accumulated a total of 840,000 installations. The ...

When Tom Fitzgerald was finally asked a direct question about the head-scratching Jacob Markstrom on Wednesday, the Devils general manager twisted himself into pretzel contortions. “I don’t think I ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious extensions on the Chrome Web Store that are designed to exfiltrate OpenAI ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversations alongside browsing data to ...

Chrome extensions are supposed to make your browser more useful, but they've quietly become one of the easiest ways for attackers to spy on what you do online. Security researchers recently uncovered ...