Seemingly out of nowhere, the “Save image as Type” Chrome extension was marked for removal, with Google warning users that the extension contains malware. The extension had at least one million users.

Corin Cesaric-Epple is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before joining CNET, she covered crime at People Magazine and ...

Do you use the Chrome extension "Save image as Type?" If so, you are one of more than one million users who woke up this morning to find out that Google has disabled the extension in your Chrome web ...

Many Chrome extensions start as small developer projects, and once they gain users, are sold on. But what if the new owner turns out to be a bad actor who gains the ability to update software running ...

Microsoft Defender has been investigating reports of malicious Chromium‑based browser extensions that impersonate legitimate AI assistant tools to harvest LLM chat histories and browsing data.

With more than 37 million combined downloads, the extensions expose users to tracking and personal information theft. Security researchers have discovered more than 300 Chrome extensions that leak ...

DOZENS OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS IN POPULAR PRODUCTS, MANY OF THEM UNDISCLOSED. FIVE INVESTIGATES BRITTANY JOHNSON BREAKS DOWN WHAT THEY FOUND AND WHY THIS MATTERS. BRITTANY. WELL, ERIKA.

Corin Cesaric-Epple is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before joining CNET, she covered crime at People Magazine and ...

Using Browser Extensions to Translate or Download Videos? Better Check They're Not One of These 17 Malicious Add-Ons Cybersecurity firm LayerX uncovers 17 malicious extensions that can enable click ...

Another set of 17 malicious extensions linked to the GhostPoster campaign has been discovered in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge stores, where they accumulated a total of 840,000 installations. The ...

PCWorld reports on a Chrome extension called “Microsoft to Microslop” that renames Microsoft references in browsers as a protest against the company’s aggressive AI integration. The extension reflects ...