Security researchers have uncovered dozens of malicious Chrome and Edge extensions secretly tracking users’ online activity ...

Yanking an extension from the store usually means Google has discovered it contains malware or is otherwise harmful, so getting a warning this way could prompt you to remove it from your computer ...

Google Chrome's Safe Browsing tool protects against online threats by warning of potentially harmful downloads. New, more prominent warnings may soon appear in Chrome to alert users of dangerous ...

Chrome extensions can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store. A group of researchers analysed more than 1,200 Google Chrome browser extensions to find out what they get up to under the hood and ...

More than three million Google Chrome users have been issued a warning about 16 browser extensions that have been compromised by hackers. Cybersecurity experts urged users to delete them now after ...

Security researchers from Domain Tools warn that there are hundreds of Chrome extensions stealing data and running malware on the sly, reports BleepingComputer. Many of the malicious extensions ...

Google has since removed these extensions from the Chrome Web Store and since they’re malware, they should be automatically disabled as well. But they’re likely still lingering on your PC.

Hacked Chrome extensions put 2.6 million users at risk of data leak These extensions can steal your browsing data and account credentials. ... which then insert harmful code into popular extensions.

Google Chrome users have been warned to delete 16 “malicious” browser extensions that could lead to a security threat and “fraud” at the hands of a prolific “threat actor.” ...

If they don’t have a warning message on the Chrome Web Store page, they should be fine. Google said back in May that 85% of actively maintained extensions in the Chrome Web Store are already ...