A compromised Chrome extension with 7,000 users was updated to deploy malware, strip security headers, and steal cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases.

2026 research by Incogni found that a lot of Google Chrome’s extensions collect user data. The most intrusive types are programming and writing assistants. Grammarly and Quillbot are very risky tools ...

Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat. The release of Auto Browse is part of Google’s continued integration of AI features ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a serious threat hiding inside Google Chrome. Several browser extensions pretend to be helpful tools. In reality, they quietly take over user accounts. These ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

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 ...

If you spend most of your waking hours glued to your computer, you're probably always on the hunt for better ways to work. That can mean using tools to capture and save information quickly, setting up ...

Google has released a list of the top Chrome extensions for 2025. AI-powered helpers topped the list, but all the tools use AI. Most of the extensions are geared towards work productivity. Google has ...

I built 10 simple, secure Chrome extensions to fix everyday browsing gaps, from quick notes and site shortcuts to clean copy, per-site tasks, highlights, temp snippets, dummy passwords, quick IDs, and ...

Update, November 8, 9:46 a.m. ET: The GitHub repository and its forks have been taken down. The original story follows below. Just hours after Apple launched a revamped web interface for the App Store ...

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 ...

WTF?! Several browser extensions with a combined total of more than 2.3 million downloads were reportedly hijacking browsing sessions and tracking user activity. Many of these malicious add-ons ...