I made Safari a better browser with these extensions
If Safari is your primary browser, like it is for me, it’s certainly one of the most important apps on the Mac. But did you know you can make it do more? You can with…
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Microsoft Edge will soon protect against risky sideloaded extensions
If you only download Microsoft Edge add-ons (also known as extensions) via the official Microsoft Edge Add-ons Store, you can rest assured that they’re at least checked for malware before being made available. However, it’s…
200+ browser extensions make a web-scraping botnet
Browser extensions can be just as dangerous as regular apps, and their integration with the tool everyone’s constantly using can make them seem erroneously innocuous. Case in point: a collection of more than 200 extensions…
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
MellowTel is also problematic because the sites it opens are unknown to end users. That means they must trust MellowTel to vet the security and trustworthiness of each site being accessed. And, of course, that…
Firefox is being flooded with crypto wallet scam extensions
Crytocurrency hasn’t just ruined the hunt for an affordable graphics card, or the conversation at that little bar you used to like. Now it’s come for everyone’s favorite alt browser, too. Dozens of fake cryptocurrency…
Mozilla begins screening Firefox extensions for crypto scams
Even though the crypto mining boom has largely passed, cryptocurrency scams still remain out there. Since crypto wallets often come in the form of a web browser extension, so do crypto scams—and Mozilla has spotted…
Warning! Malicious Chrome extensions found mimicking legit tools
Security researchers from Domain Tools warn that there are hundreds of Chrome extensions stealing data and running malware on the sly, reports BleepingComputer. Many of the malicious extensions are riding the coattails of well-known brands…
Over 50 malicious Chrome extensions are secretly spying on you
Secure Annex cybersecurity researcher John Tuckner has identified 57 malicious Chrome extensions that can be used to track your activities or run malware. Although most of the extensions in question aren’t available on the Chrome…
Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs
The extensions share other dubious or suspicious similarities. Much of the code in each one is highly obfuscated, a design choice that provides no benefit other than complicating the process for analyzing and understanding how…
In wake of scandal, Google clamps down on Chrome shopping extensions
Late last year, there was a big scandal involving the Honey browser extension, which wasn’t helping users find the best deals and coupons as it so claimed to do. Instead, it was swapping out affiliate…