Belgian government releases Chrome extension to combat phishing
Belgian security regulator CCB has introduced Safeonweb, a Chrome extension that helps users detect rogue websites.
The Center for Cybersecurity in Belgium will soon start a new awareness campaign, going by the slogan 'Phishing, 't is in the details'. This campaign should make Belgian Internet u... Read more
Chrome extensions steal passwords in plain text
Researchers have succeeded in using a self-developed extension for Chrome to steal passwords from the source code of websites in plain text. Many extensions also turned out to be dangerous and websites are prone to data leaks due to the extension.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers mana... Read more
Google Chrome to let users enable or disable extensions per site
Google is developing a feature that will allow you to deactivate or enable Chrome extensions per site.
The Chrome Web Store includes numerous extensions, but there is a catch: certain extensions might cause website issues, and some sites do not allow certain extensions to run.
Chrome current... Read more
Google postpones Manifest V2 phaseout
The phaseout of Google’s Manifest V2 Chrome extension framework has been delayed. The framework was supposed to be discontinued in 2023.
The tech giant announced the phaseout of Manifest V2 in 2021. Manifest V2 is a framework for capabilities and permissions that introduced more stringent rule... Read more
Chrome will now warn you when you download questionable files
Google is rolling out new safety features for Chrome, designed to make it easier to recognize when you are about to download questionable files and extensions. The team behind it built upon the Enhanced Safe Browsing feature which was launched last year to catch phishing attacks.
When it comes t... Read more
Chrome extensions will show the data they collect from users
Google said this week that it plans to add a new section on the Chrome Web Store. It is intended for extension developers, who will be required to show what user data they are collecting and what they plan to do with the data collected.
The section will go into effect on January 18, 2021. It wil... Read more
Google removes 49 fake Chrome crypto wallet extensions
Google has removed 49 Chrome extensions from the Web Store that posed as legitimate wallet apps for cryptocurrency. The extensions contained malicious code that stole private keys from crypto wallets and other secrets from unsuspecting users.
The Chrome extensions mimic wallet apps such as Ledge... Read more
The end for Chrome Apps will come in June 2022
Google did not achieve its goal of definitively saying goodbye to all Chrome Appsfrom 2018. Instead, they now choose to maintain another two-year timeline, in which the support of Chrome Apps is slowly being reduced.
In 2016, Google announced that it wanted to reach the end of Chrome Apps in two... Read more