Google Chrome users can now turn JavaScript bookmarklets into Chrome extensions in just a few clicks thanks to a new tool created by U.K.-based Web developer Peter Legierski. The process is not as ...

More than 300 Chrome extensions were found to be leaking browser data, spying on users, or stealing user information.

The Chrome Web Store has been infested with dozens of malicious browser extensions claiming to provide AI assistant functionality but that secretly are siphoning off personal information from victims.

Starting today, the NoScript Firefox extension, a popular tool for privacy-focused users, is also available for Google Chrome, Giorgio Maone, NoScript's author, has told ZDNet. The NoScript Chrome ...

Google has removed browser extensions with more than 1.4 million downloads from the Chrome Web Store after third-party researchers reported they were surreptitiously tracking users’ browsing history ...

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In context: Google Chrome owes a large part of its popularity to the hundreds of extensions that expand its functionality and even make browsing safer for children and adults alike. However, many of ...

Over 260,000 users installed fake AI Chrome extensions that used iframe injection to steal browser and Gmail data, exposing ...

A set of 30 malicious Chrome extensions that have been installed by more than 300,000 users are masquerading as AI assistants to steal credentials, email content, and browsing information.

uMatrix is a multi-utility Chrome extension that allows you to block scripts, ads, scripts, etc., on the internet. You can think of it as a browser firewall, where ...