Collaborate Disseminate
Some gaming portals have been preying on children to get their malicious extensions installed. They use targeted advertizing and offer (already) free games as a reward for installing their adware.
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Cybercrime
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Extensions remain the Achilles heel for an otherwise highly secure browser. Continue reading Malicious Chrome extension is next to impossible to manually remove
Two new extensions in Firefox and Chrome force install then hide from the user. Learn how you can protect yourself against them and remove them manually.
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Malware
Threat analysis
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Compromised accounts push fraudulent extension updates to unsuspecting users. Continue reading After phishing attacks, Chrome extensions push adware to millions
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If you see ads claiming to offer up free games like Garry’s Mod or Minecraft, you may wish to think twice – you’ll definitely get an extension, you may receive an executable, but free Minecraft? Keep searching, intrepid gamer…Categories: Cybercrime
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Google put app developers on notice last week, urging them to comply with a new set of privacy policies designed to better promote transparency it plans on enforcing this summer.
Continue reading Google Aims For Transparency With New Chrome Web Store Policies
Somebody bought it and stuck in malicious code to redirect a user’s traffic through a proxy, show them ads and snoop on their web browsing. Continue reading Chrome extension was secretly redirecting users to ad pages
Microsoft has finally released extensions for Edge and if you are not in the Fast ring but want a closer look, here is a deep dive.
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The next build of Windows 10 sent to insiders is expected to include extensions, a feature many users have been waiting since the release of the OS.
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