A study by Q Continuum analyzed 32,000 Chrome extensions and found 287 that send sensitive data to developers, affecting about 37 million users. Among the notable extensions are well-known names like ...

Hundreds of popular add‑ons used encrypted, URL‑sized payloads to send search queries, referrers, and timestamps to outside servers, in some cases tied to data brokers and unknown operators.

In total, the analysts examined the 32.000 most popular Chrome extensions out of the 240.000 available in the Chrome Webstore. They identified 287, some of them very popular, candidates that ...

More than 300,000 Chrome users have installed what looked like helpful AI add-ons that were actually data-stealing extensions ...

AI-powered browser extensions continue to be a popular vector for threat actors looking to harvest user information.

A fake ad-blocking browser extension is deliberately crashing Chrome and Edge to trick users into running malware on their own PCs.

Security researchers have discovered more than 30 malicious Chrome extensions that posed as GenAI add-ons, but were actually surveillance and content-stealing tools. The experts from LayerX reported ...

Researchers have uncovered 30 Chrome extensions stealing user data. Here’s how to check your browser and remove any malicious extensions step by step.

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According to LayerX, over 260,000 Chrome users installed at least 30 malicious browser extensions masquerading as AI helpers. These claimed features, like ...

The researcher, who goes by the name "Q Continuum" in a nod to Star Trek: The Next Generation, explained the motivation for the project in an online post, acknowledging that data harvesting of this ...