What would we do without the web browser? For most of us, it’s our gateway to the digital world. But browsers are such a familiar tool today that we’re in danger of giving them a free ride. In fact, ...

Labels like “Verified” give a false sense of safety but don’t reflect real extension behavior Browser DevTools were never meant to track how extensions behave across tabs and over time Malicious ...

Malicious browser extensions are a widespread problem. Even vetted extensions can be dangerous. Here's what you should do to avoid issues. Koi Security investigated a single malicious extension used ...

Extensions installed on almost 1 million devices have been overriding key security protections to turn browsers into engines that scrape websites on behalf of a paid service, a researcher said. The ...

Researchers find 245 extensions installed on nearly a million devices The extensions could turn devices into web scraping bots for a commercial service Researchers warned about major security ...