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Browser extensions can access the prompts of commercial and internal AIs to snag your sensitive data, says LayerX. But there are ways you can protect yourself.
Tuckner’s discovery is reminiscent of a 2019 analysis that found browser extensions installed on 4 million browsers collected ...
LayerX Security, the leader in protecting organizations against malicious browser extensions, has integrated its ...
Security researchers have uncovered dozens of malicious Chrome and Edge extensions secretly tracking users’ online activity and sending it to remote servers. Google has removed them from its store, ...
Attackers have started to exploit the very signals that users assume will keep them safe when it comes to add-ons to improve ...
Experis Cyber revealed that dozens of well-known and Google-verified extensions turned into spying tools, including among ...
A massive spyware campaign called "RedDirection" turned 18 popular browser extensions into surveillance tools, exposing over 2.3 million users-check your Chrome and Edge extensions now.
SquareX, an industry-first Browser Detection and Response (BDR) solution, leads the way in browser security. About a week ago, SquareX reported large-scale attacks targeting Chrome Extension ...
Browser extensions let you customize and add new features to Google Chrome but these 35 unlisted ones require sensitive permissions that could put your privacy at risk.
The discovery of over 35 compromised Chrome extensions, putting 2.6 million users at risk, is a wake-up call for everyone. Removing suspicious extensions is an essential step to protect your data.
The extension then opens a legitimate Google support page. As it has Read and Write privileges to webpages, it injects content into the page, telling the user to enable Chrome sync.
For other extensions at risk of being disabled, you’ll need to find an MV3 alternative for those as well. If they don’t have a warning message on the Chrome Web Store page, they should be fine.