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LastPass warns of fake support centers trying to steal customer data
LastPass is warning about an ongoing campaign where scammers are writing reviews for its Chrome extension to promote a fake customer support phone number. However, this phone number is part of a much larger campaign to trick callers into giving scammers remote access to their computers, as discovered by BleepingComputer.
- November 01, 2024
- 01:51 PM
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Google to let businesses create curated Chrome Web Stores for extensions
Google has announced it will soon allow organizations to create their own curated "Enterprise Web Store" of company-sanctioned browser extensions for Chrome and ChromeOS, aimed at improving productivity, security, and management for businesses.
- October 23, 2024
- 12:01 PM
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Google Chrome to warn when installed extensions are malware
Google is testing a new feature in the Chrome browser that will warn users when an installed extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store, usually indicative of it being malware.
- August 20, 2023
- 01:26 PM
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Facebook accounts hijacked by new malicious ChatGPT Chrome extension
A trojanized version of the legitimate ChatGPT extension for Chrome is gaining popularity on the Chrome Web Store, accumulating over 9,000 downloads while stealing Facebook accounts.
- March 22, 2023
- 12:44 PM
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Google to test disabling Chrome Manifest V2 extensions in June 2023
Developers of extensions for Google Chrome can keep their hopes up that the transition from Manifest V2 to V3 will be as gradual as possible, helping to minimize the negative impact on the community of users.
- September 28, 2022
- 01:00 PM
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Malicious Chrome ad blocker injects ads behind the scenes
The AllBlock Chromium ad blocking extension has been found to be injecting hidden affiliate links that generate commissions for the developers.
- October 14, 2021
- 10:35 AM
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Google expects delays in enforcing 2FA for Chrome extension devs
Google says that enforcing two-step verification on Google accounts of Chrome Web Store developers will take longer than expected.
- August 05, 2021
- 09:35 AM
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Malicious Chrome, Edge extensions with 3M installs still in stores
Malicious Chrome and Edge browser extensions with over 3 million installs, most of them still available on the Chrome Web Store and the Microsoft Edge Add-ons portal, are capable of stealing users' info and redirecting them to phishing sites.
- December 16, 2020
- 05:04 PM
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Google updates Chrome Web Store policy to block extension spam
Google today updated the Chrome Web Store's spam policy to block extension spam so that users can have a real chance to avoid potentially malicious extensions while sifting through 200,000 add-ons available in the store.
- April 29, 2020
- 04:10 PM
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LastPass Mistakenly Removes Extension from Chrome Store, Causes Outage
An accidental outage was caused by LastPass yesterday by mistakenly removing the LastPass extension from the Chrome Web Store, leading to users seeing 404 errors when trying to download and install it on their devices.
- January 23, 2020
- 10:54 AM
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Opera Blacklists Tampermonkey Extension Being Installed by Malware
Opera blacklisted the version of Tampermonkey that is currently offered on the Chrome Web Store as it is being installed by Windows malware. This prevents the extension from working in the Opera browser.
- January 06, 2019
- 10:30 AM
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