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Imagine that your AI transcriber tool shapeshifts into your password manager, then your crypto wallet and finally into your banking app — all without your knowledge. This is exactly what polymorphic extensions can do ...

Extension-Based Infostealers and How to Stop ThemInfostealers have become a critical security threat, capable of exfiltrating valuable data including credentials, intellectual property, personal information, and financial records. Currently, two primary categories are well-documented: ...

OAuth Identity Attack — Are your Extensions Affected?A malicious variant of Cyberhaven’s browser extension (v24.10.4) was uploaded to the Chrome Store on Christmas Day. According to Cyberhaven, this compromised version can allow “sensitive information, ...

Manage the browser extensions used by your employees by restricting the permissions they can seekBrowser extensions have significantly evolved since their introduction in 1999. Ranging from dark mode readers, to password managers and ...

We warned you. As of June 3, Google is following through on its threat to kill ad blockers. Privacy-focused Chrome extensions are living on borrowed time; developers must upgrade to the less ...

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications have become foundational to enterprises that use them to drive productivity, improve the customer experience, and connect an increasingly distributed workforce. That said, the software also increases security risks ...

Makers of ad-blocker and anti-tracking browser extensions are spitting blood over Google’s Manifest V3—EFF calls it a “conflict of interest.” ...

Hackers have been using Google Ads to target unsuspecting cryptocurrency investors into installing malicious browser extensions, with the aim of stealing passphrases and private keys and draining funds from their wallets. Harry ...

Security researchers just found a huge cache of malicious Chrome extensions, infecting millions of browsers ...

We took notice a couple of weeks ago when it was reported that a […] The post Flaw Reinforces Browser Extensions as Potential Attack Vector appeared first on SlashNext ...