A bad browser extension can be a security nightmare. If it's been hijacked by a bad actor, your personal data may be at risk.

The privacy policy tells more than Chrome's extension page.

More than 737 browser extensions published on the Chrome Web Store impersonated well-known VPN and proxy services while routing users' traffic through SOCKS5 proxies operated by a single provider.

Browser extensions let you do things like block ads, fill in passwords and find coupons while shopping. Try adding that to an app. Extensions expand browser capabilities, allowing them to block ads ...

If you're shopping a lot on Amazon and concerned about running into knockoffs, a new browser extension promises to help ...

Browser extensions promise convenience. Many offer simple tools like new tab pages, translators or video helpers. Researchers, however, uncovered a long-running malware operation that abused that ...

Popular file-sharing site Mega.nz is warning users that cybercriminals hacked its browser extension for Google Chrome so that usernames and passwords submitted through the browser were copied and ...

More and more of the work that most of us do on a regular basis takes place in a web browser. In fact, many people can spend an entire day on their computer using only one application–Chrome. That’s ...

Every day, millions of people install tiny browser add-ons they believe will improve productivity or entertainment. With so many options available on the Chrome Web Store, users often rely on trust ...

While helpful, it does have the side effect of making Amazon’s sea of alphabet-soup brand names look even bleaker ...