A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) called 'Stanley' promises malicious Chrome extensions that can clear Google's review process and publish them to the Chrome Web Store. Researchers at end-to-end data ...

Chrome extensions are supposed to make your browser more useful, but they've quietly become one of the easiest ways for attackers to spy on what you do online. Security researchers recently uncovered ...

The long-standing toggle that controlled Chrome Web Store extensions is now gone from Edge’s stable release, with no announcement from Microsoft. Since its Chromium launch, Microsoft Edge has ...

Two Chrome extensions in the Web Store named 'Phantom Shuttle' are posing as plugins for a proxy service to hijack user traffic and steal sensitive data. Both extensions are still present in Chrome's ...

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab on Friday sued a Texas company that "scrapes" data from online search results, alleging it uses hundreds of millions of fake Google search requests ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Zurich, Switzerland--(Newsfile Corp. - December 12, 2025) - Evomi, the Swiss-based proxy provider known for its ...

The change is currently tested in Edge Canary and affects user consent and control over Chrome Web Store extension installs. Microsoft is known for aggressive Edge promotion inside Windows and Bing.

What’s the first thing you do when you start a fresh Windows install? For myself and many others, it’s installing Chrome (usually using Ninite). I throw Brave and Firefox on there after, but Chrome ...

Claude’s web agent needs more cooking, but it does put some thoughtful protections in place for your data right now. Here’s my advice for getting started with it. I’ve been writing about consumer ...

Browser extensions promise convenience, but some take far more than they give. A new report from Koi Security says that FreeVPN.One, a Chrome extension with more than 100,000 installs and even a ...

You can divide the recent history of LLM data scraping into a few phases. There was for years an experimental period, when ethical and legal considerations about where and how to acquire training data ...

Media companies announced a new web protocol: RSL. RSL aims to put publishers back in the driver's seat. The RSL Collective will attempt to set pricing for content. AI companies are capturing as much ...