Third party browser extensions infect millions with malware
Researchers say that around 3 million people worldwide have been affected.
Threat Intelligence researchers from Avast this week announced that they have found 28 extensions for the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers that contain malware.
According to Avast, the add-ons presented thems...
Box, Citrix, Dell, Google, Slack and others want enterprises to use modern web apps
A group of industry leaders came together to announce the launch of Modern Computing Alliance. They include Google, Box, Citrix, Dell, Imprivata, Intel, Okta, RingCentral, Slack, VMware, and Zoom. The mission states to drive silicon-to-cloud innovation.
The mission says that the results will ben...
Microsoft also becomes a target for fraudulent browser extensions
Microsoft Edge joins Firefox and Chrome in the fight against abusive add-ons.
For years, Google and Mozilla have been trying to prevent fraudulent browser extensions from infiltrating their official repositories. These fake extensions can range from a nuisance to outright malicious threats to t...
Webpages can load faster with new Facebook-developed Chrome API
Facebook has developed a new API for Google Chrome to help develop web pages that load quickly and are responsive at the same time. Currently, developers face a compromise between these factors.
The new API should solve a problem when loading pages with a lot of JavaScript elements. Developers a...
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...
Tab hoarders get some extra love in newest Chrome update
Google has released version 87 of Chrome. The new version comes with performance improvements for when you have a lot of tabs open at the same time. Google has also started to roll out a tab search feature.
Javascript Timer
Google has been able to achieve some extra speed by reducing the numb...
Google provides patches for two Chrome Zero-Days under active exploit
Google has patched two zero-day vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser. This is the third time in two weeks that the company has had to fix a Chrome flaw under active exploit. A tweet on Monday from Ben Hawkes, the head of Google’s Project Zero’s vulnerability and exploit research section, confi...
Google has a fix for their zero-day flaw in Chrome OS and Chrome
Google found out that their latest versions of Chrome and Chrome OS had a zero-day security flaw. Google has a security team that is responsible for finding these vulnerabilities, named Project Zero. They found out that hackers were using the flaw to attack Chrome users.
Google patched the flaw ...
Google might be forced to sell its Chrome browser
The move would be part of an antitrust legal battle that DOJ is expected to begin in the coming weeks.
The US Justice Department are considering whether to force the company to sell its dominant Chrome browser and parts of its lucrative advertising business. So reports the news outlet Politico ...
Google updates Chrome to be much faster and use less power
Google has begun rolling out new updates for its Chrome web browser to ensure that it can increase user productivity and make the experience much faster than usual. The specific changes they are making are on the tabs and the newer tab grouping feature.
They want to make this easier and quicker ...
Google Chrome will now warn users for weak passwords
Users who try to save a weak password in the Google Chrome password manager will now receive a warning message. Google tries to improve user behaviour by letting users choose for stronger passwords.
Last year, Google Chrome already added a function which checks stored passwords against data brea...
Google and Parallels bring Windows apps to Chromebooks
Google is partnering with Parallels to provide the enterprise version of Chrome OS with Windows apps. Until now, Chromebooks did not have the capability to run traditional computer software.
The new feature to run Windows applications on Chromebooks is probably a variation of Parallels Remote Ap...