How can an extension change hands with no oversight?

An extension I used almost every day was bought by a new owner and loaded up with spyware. It happened in 2024, but Google ...

"Under New Management" keeps an eye on the Chrome Web Store, looking for new developer names that show up when extensions are ...

Google delisted the image conversion tool earlier this month, but not before it had likely been modifying thousands of users' ...

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Here’s a quick guide to installing and using Yandex Browser, which integrates the Alice AI assistant, on your PC, along with ...

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.

I stopped relying on Chrome extensions and realized my browser worked better without them.

On Windows 11, Microsoft Edge offers some customization for its New Tab page, but it has gradually grown busier, with news, widgets, Copilot, and content that many users never asked for. If you prefer ...

Koi Security uncovered malware campaign hijacking 500,000+ VKontakte accounts via Chrome extensions Add-ons auto-subscribed victims to attacker’s VK groups (1.4M members), manipulated CSRF tokens, ...