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How harmful extensions quietly track users online

Browser extensions have become an integral part of our browsers. Whether they are ad blockers or anti-viruses, they enhance our everyday productivity and significantly improve our convenience. Since ...
Another way to speed up your PC and clean up the existing UI is to use Chrome's 'Install Page as App' feature rather than ...
Malicious Chrome and Edge extensions collected browsing history, keystrokes and personal data from millions of users before Google and Microsoft removed them.
Security researchers recently discovered two extensions for the Google Chrome browser were rerouting valuable traffic through compromised proxies, and thus sharing sensitive information with malicious ...
Recent exploits are a reminder that when you install an extension, you grant it a lot of power to see where you go online and ...
Chrome extensions are incredibly useful, whether you want to block ads, track the best deals or enhance your browsing experience. They can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store, which functions like ...
Browser extensions with more than 8 million installs are harvesting complete and extended conversations from users’ AI ...
Security researchers found a popular Chrome extension secretly copying and storing AI chats, raising major privacy concerns.
Urban VPN Proxy, which claims to protect users' privacy, collects data from conversations with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, ...
Using auto-fill to make purchases online may be convenient, but it leaves your financial information vulnerable. Malicious browser extensions, phishing attacks and theft are all ways you could lose ...
Enterprises rely on browser-based GenAI, increasing data-exposure risks and demanding strict policies, isolation, and ...