3 Million Chrome Users Infected via Extensions—Here We Go Again

28 browser extensions for Chrome and Edge were laced with malware, says an anti-virus vendor.
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Microsoft Authenticator Gains Password Management and Autofill Capabilities

Microsoft Authenticator can now provide password management and autofill capabilities on mobile, so you can protect synced passwords with your Microsoft account.
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Adrozek Malware Delivers Fake Ads to 30K Devices a Day

The Adrozek ad-injecting browser modifier malware also extracts device data and steals credentials, making it an even more dangerous threat. Continue reading Adrozek Malware Delivers Fake Ads to 30K Devices a Day

Scammers use Chrome, Firefox extensions in widespread ad fraud campaign

Security experts at Microsoft on Thursday detailed how internet attackers are abusing some of the world’s most popular web browsers for a fraud campaign, which at its height has affected more than 30,000 devices per day. The scammers are using malicious browser extensions— a tried and tested fraud tactic — to inject bogus advertisements into the results displayed on a search engine page. The more users who visit the fraudulent ad pages, the more money the perpetrators earn via a traffic-driven advertising program. Microsoft did not identify who was responsible for the attacks, or how much money they had netted. The malicious campaign, which Microsoft said began in May, uses extensions on popular web browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Russian-language Yandex to reach as many internet users as possible. “[T]he fact that this campaign utilizes a piece of malware that affects multiple browsers is an indication of how […]

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Gestión de múltiples navegadores: simple con Browser Security Plus

Una encuesta realizada por Gartner reveló que el 74 por ciento de las empresas trasladaron al menos al cinco por ciento de su fuerza laboral a posiciones permanentemente remotas después de COVID-19. Adaptarse a una cultura de trabajo remoto es …
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Chrome Gets Patched Again—But 83% of Users Aren’t Running the Latest Version

Isolation Provides Malware-Free Browsing Regardless of Patch Status
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