“Google has abruptly pulled over 500 Chrome extensions from its Web Store that researchers discovered were stealing browsing data and executing click fraud and malvertising after installing themselves on the computers of millions of users.”
Popular Ad Blockers AdBlock and uBlocker Deemed ‘Fake’
“The team behind AdGuard, a real ad-block extension for browsers, reported in a blog post this week that two popular ad blocking extensions found on the Google Chrome Web Store are, in fact, completely fake, despite being used by millions of users. The two extensions, called AdBlock by AdBlock Inc.”
Chrome will warn users ahead of Flash Player’s deprecation, starting in July
“Almost two years ago, Adobe formally announced that Flash Player would cease to be developed and supported by the end 2020. Google immediately followed suit announcing that Flash would slowly be phased out of Chrome as 2020 approached.”
Microsoft releases Windows Defender Application Guard extensions for Chrome and Firefox
“Alongside of the announcement of Windows 10 Insider Preview build 18358 in the Fast ring, Microsoft announced that it’s releasing a Windows Defender Application Guard extension for Chrome and Firefox. It’s exclusive to Insiders for now, but it will be available for everyone soon.”
Windows Defender for Chrome and Firefox requires Microsoft Edge
“Microsoft has given its best, and sometimes its worst, to put its Internet Explorer past behind it and push Microsoft Edge to its users. It has failed and is reworking Edge to use Chrome’s engine instead.”
Hackers using fake ‘Flash Player’ Google Chrome extension to steal credit card data
“Cybersecurity researchers are warning unsuspecting internet users about a year-old Chrome extension which steals credit card data from infected users via web forms on visited websites. The surreptitious extension is spread by means of JavaScript injection attacks i.e.”
Hackers using fake ‘Flash Player’ Google Chrome extension to steal credit card data
“Cybersecurity researchers are warning unsuspecting internet users about a year-old Chrome extension which steals credit card data from infected users via web forms on visited websites. The surreptitious extension is spread by means of JavaScript injection attacks i.e.”
Serious Chrome zero-day – Google says update “right this minute”
“Chrome users, make sure you’ve got the very latest version. We’re not big Chrome fans – we’ve always thought that Firefox is better in both form and function, to be honest – but we have Chrome installed at the moment and can tell you that the version you want is 72.0.3626.”
Serious Chrome zero-day – Google says update “right this minute”
“Chrome users, make sure you’ve got the very latest version. We’re not big Chrome fans – we’ve always thought that Firefox is better in both form and function, to be honest – but we have Chrome installed at the moment and can tell you that the version you want is 72.0.3626.”
Microsoft really doesn’t want you to use Internet Explorer anymore
“Microsoft killed off the Internet Explorer brand nearly four years ago, choosing Edge as its modern browser for Windows 10. Internet Explorer lived on as plumbing for Windows and for business compatibility, but Microsoft isn’t supporting it with new web standards – it’s legacy code.”
