Chrome extensions are software. Treat them like it

They were going to add it by installing the first extension they found in the Chrome Web Store, without knowing anything ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft overhauls security for publishing Edge extensions

Microsoft has introduced an updated version of the "Publish API for Edge extension developers" that increases the security for developer accounts and the updating of browser extensions. When first ...
Tech Times

Google Kills uBlock Origin in Chrome June 30: Dynamic Filtering Ends, No Workaround Remains

Chrome 150 ships June 30 and deletes the last Manifest V2 override flag from Chromium’s codebase, permanently ending dynamic ...
SiliconANGLE

SquareX warns hidden API in Perplexity’s Comet browser enables full device takeover

New research out today from browser security company SquareX Ltd. is warning of a hidden application programming interface in Perplexity AI Inc.’s Comet browser that allows extensions in the ...
CSOonline

Hidden API in Comet AI browser raises security red flags for enterprises

SquareX has disclosed a previously undocumented API within the Comet AI browser that allows its embedded extensions to execute arbitrary commands and launch applications — capabilities mainstream ...
Hosted on MSN

Stealthy browser extensions waited years before infecting 4.3M Chrome, Edge users with backdoors and spyware

A seven-year malicious browser extension campaign infected 4.3 million Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge users with malware, including backdoors and spyware sending people's data to servers in China.
The Next Web

Google is about to disable uBlock Origin and every other Manifest V2 extension in Chrome

Chrome 150 will remove the last override keeping Manifest V2 extensions alive. uBlock Origin and other content blockers will stop working by late June.