With the increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Monero, Ether, Litecoin and many others, cryptomining has not only become a serious pastime for some currency speculators, but a ...

Google announced today five new rules for the Chrome Web Store, the portal where users go to download Chrome extensions. The new rules are primarily meant to prevent malicious extensions from reaching ...

The list shows just how important extensions are becoming to Chrome. Instead of simply letting you browse, Google is aiming to make Chrome your hub for everything online. You can find these extensions ...

Once upon a time, the browser wars revolved around which browser supports more or better extensions. As those extensions became more popular or got imitated, their exclusivity became less of a selling ...

The Chrome Web Store offers a multitude of quality extensions for Chromium-based browsers. Google says that there are around 200,000 extensions in the Store. However, the store also contains numerous ...

A recent study conducted by security experts from Stanford University has uncovered a major security concern for users of the Google Chrome Web Store. The researchers have published their findings on ...

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Researchers have uncovered four malicious extensions with more than 500,000 combined downloads from the Google Chrome Web Store, a finding that highlights a key weakness in what’s widely considered to ...

Search for many popular extensions on the Chrome Web Store and you’ll see misleading and potentially malicious apps first. Google’s Chrome Web Store always lists apps before extensions, and hucksters ...

Google Chrome allows third-party software developers to add functionalities to the Web browser by creating extensions. Extensions for Google Chrome perform functions such as providing instant access ...

The age of sideloading extensions is over for Chrome users on Windows PCs. After announcing Chrome would become a walled garden in November, Google followed through with its promise on Tuesday. Chrome ...