Google today began blocking local Chrome extensions to protect Windows users. This means that as of today, extensions can be installed in Chrome for Windows only if they’re hosted on the Chrome Web ...

Starting with version 25 of Google Chrome, browser extensions installed offline by other applications will not be enabled until users give their permission through a dialog box in the browser ...

Security-focused web developer z0ccc has created a web application that shows how other websites track users’ Internet activity via their installed Chrome extensions. “Extension Fingerprints” detects ...

Google is cracking down again on deceptive Chrome extension installation practices. The browser maker listed new rules yesterday that extension developers must follow, or face the possibility of ...

A researcher has created a website that uses your installed Google Chrome extensions to generate a fingerprint of your device that can be used to track you online. It is then possible to track a ...

Suppose you want to block ads or find a deal on a product; thus a browser extension could come in handy. Just a simple download from the browser’s extension store, and you are ready to rock holiday ...

Malicious Chrome and Edge extensions collected browsing history, keystrokes and personal data from millions of users before ...

Approximately 8-percent of Chrome users have reportedly installed one of nearly 300 adware extensions found in the browser’s dedicated Web Store. That’s based on reports surrounding AdGuard’s ...

More than three million internet users are believed to have installed 15 Chrome, and 13 Edge extensions that contain malicious code, security firm Avast said today. But despite the presence of code to ...

A set of malicious Google Chrome extensions designed to monitor browsing activity have been installed on more than 1.4 million devices, researchers have reported. As described in a blog post from ...