Published on: 2025-06-05 01:16:00
NurPhoto / Gettyimages Extension cords are generally a safe solution for running power to electronics that are too far from the nearest wall outlet. But the operative word here is "electronics," which is not as all-encompassing as some people might think. Also: This palm recognition smart lock doubles as a video doorbell (and has no monthly fees) Appliances (like refrigerators and toaster ovens) are obviously electronic devices, but they're in a different class from most electronics because o
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 13:54:09
Just_Super/Getty Images I try out a lot of extensions in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, both personally and professionally. But when I'm faced with an unfamiliar extension, how do I know it's safe and secure? A new website aims to warn you about suspicious and malicious extensions before you even try to install them. Also: 5 browser extension rules to live by to keep your system safe in 2025 Launched by browser security provider LayerX, the free ExtensionPedia seeks to help individuals and enterp
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 05:48:45
A bit of background What's the worst thing a Chrome extension could do to you? Well, it could steal your passwords and cookies, or it could continuously close your tabs. Obviously, these are bad and annoying, but there are limitations to the power of extensions. Can they run exe files? Not really. They can download files at any time, but opening those downloads requires a special permission and a user gesture. Can they change your settings? Generally, no. The general design idea for Chrome exten
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 14:07:08
HNRelevant A browser extension that adds a "Related" section to Hacker News. Don't miss out on relevant interesting discussions. Features Instant list of related submissions Customize search queries in place (search for something different) Matches and blend with Hacker News's design like a native feature Choose how it works: Automatic: Results load when you open a page Manual: Fetch on demand Available on Firefox for Android™ Ability to change defaults to your preference in the extensio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 07:13:34
A Google Chrome Web Store campaign uses over 100 malicious browser extensions that mimic legitimate tools, such as VPNs, AI assistants, and crypto utilities, to steal browser cookies and execute remote scripts secretly. The extensions offer some of the promised functionality, but also connect to the threat actor's infrastructure to steal user information or receive commands to execute. Additionally, the malicious Chrome extensions can modify network traffic to deliver ads, perform redirections,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 21:36:25
Browser extensions have become deeply embedded in employees' daily workflows, aiding tasks from grammar checking to discount hunting. Yet, their extensive permissions create significant security risks, largely unnoticed by IT and security teams. A new 2025 Enterprise Browser Extension Security Report, uniquely combining data from public extension marketplaces and real-world enterprise usage telemetry to spotlight this underestimated threat vector. LayerX is hosting a webinar to discuss key fin
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 21:46:00
WhataWin/Getty Images Do you sometimes feel stuck in a Catch-22 regarding your long-term credential management strategy? You are. On the one hand, if the tech industry has its way -- to abolish all passwords and replace them with passkeys -- users will eventually have almost no choice but to rely on password managers for signing in to their favorite sites and apps. Yes, the days of committing user IDs and passwords to memory or cryptically scratching your passwords into an old day planner are
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-09 07:12:42
I often get distracted. I obviously don’t like it. So I decided to turn my computer’s clock into a constant reminder to help me focus. Implementation This hack requires: Ubuntu with GNOME desktop environment The Panel Date Format extension A simple bash script # If you don't have the GNOME Shell extensions manager sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions Install Panel Date Format from the GNOME Extensions website. 2. Create a focus script Create a file named focus.sh in your preferred
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-11 11:00:17
hh5800/Getty Images Do you sometimes feel stuck in a Catch-22 regarding your long-term credential management strategy? You are. On the one hand, if the tech industry has its way -- to abolish all passwords and replace them with passkeys -- users will eventually have almost no choice but to rely on password managers for signing in to their favorite sites and apps. Yes, the days of committing user IDs and passwords to memory or cryptically scratching your passwords into an old day planner are n
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-17 07:55:00
President Donald Trump says TikTok isn't going anywhere anytime soon, even if the popular video app doesn't reach a deal to sell itself before its current June deadline. In a wide-ranging interview with NBC's Meet the Press that aired Sunday, Trump said he won't let a US ban of TikTok go into effect. He said that if needed, he would consider signing yet another executive order giving the company's China-based parent company, ByteDance, more time to divest the app. "I'd like to see it done," he
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-17 20:26:21
Godot M Terrain MTerrain is an optimized terrain system/editor for Godot Engine. Features Terrain that uses an octree based LOD system for terrain sizes as big as 16km x 16km Terrain shader with support for splatmapping, bitwise, and index mapping Navigation integration with Godot's navigation system Grass system with collision for things like trees, grass, rocks, etc Path system based on bezier curves with mesh deformation for roads, rivers, etc. Octree system for optimized control of L
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 21:13:00
What just happened? Donald Trump has once again talked about having "a warm spot" in his heart for video-sharing platform TikTok. The president said the app will "be protected," adding that he was willing to give it another extension to allow more time for the sale of its US operations. At the start of last year, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act was passed, defining TikTok as being a threat to national security and controlled by a foreign adversary – C
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-24 16:14:25
Trust Me, I’m Local: Chrome Extensions, MCP, and the Sandbox Escape Yuval Ronen Follow 6 min read · Apr 24, 2025 -- Listen Share Let’s talk about MCPs. You’ve probably heard of them, and maybe you’ve read the security risks associated with them. Sure, they sound worrying, but when you put them into a real-world context, they can quickly become far more concerning than you can ever imagine. Just last week, our system flagged a suspicious Chrome extension. It sent messages to a port on localhost
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-29 12:49:55
Add the extension A Chrome Extension Everyone can agree that cookie consent banners are frustrating. It might be one of the few unifying factors on the internet today. Even though it’s a couple clicks, the couple clicks are a pain, and the couple clicks can happen on many sites each day. There are browser extensions out there that will auto-accept cookies like I don’t care about cookies and it’s open source fork I still don’t care about cookies. You can even chain this extension with another
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-01 00:12:43
This is the story of how I found one of my favorite iOS vulnerabilities so far. It’s one of my favorites because of how simple it was to implement an exploit for it. There’s also the fact that it uses a legacy public API that’s still relied upon by many components of Apple’s operating systems, and that many developers have never heard of. Darwin Notifications Most iOS developers are likely used to NSNotificationCenter, and most Mac developers are also likely used to NSDistributedNotificationCe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-03 03:18:49
Microsoft's C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) no longer works with derivative products such as VS Codium and Cursor – and some developers are crying foul. In early April, programmers using VS Codium, an open-source fork of Microsoft's MIT-licensed VS Code, and Cursor, a commercial AI code assistant built from the VS Code codebase, noticed that the C/C++ extension stopped working. The extension adds C/C++ language support, such as Intellisense code completion and debugging, to VS
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Microsoft's C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) no longer works with derivative products such as VS Codium and Cursor – and some developers are crying foul. In early April, programmers using VS Codium, an open-source fork of Microsoft's MIT-licensed VS Code, and Cursor, a commercial AI code assistant built from the VS Code codebase, noticed that the C/C++ extension stopped working. The extension adds C/C++ language support, such as Intellisense code completion and debugging, to VS
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-05 12:19:00
The GNOME Application Overview is where you can run a search for apps, files, and more. Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNET I've been using the GNOME desktop environment since its beta. Sure, there have been short periods when I've migrated away (such as when I moved to elementary OS or Bodhi Linux), but there's no place like GNOME. This open-source desktop environment is the sweet spot between minimalism and over-the-top functionality. But that doesn't mean GNOME is perfect. Out of the box, it ca
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-09 09:02:35
A proof-of-concept attack called "Cookie-Bite" uses a browser extension to steal browser session cookies from Azure Entra ID to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections and maintain access to cloud services like Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Teams. The attack was devised by Varonis security researchers, who shared a proof-of-concept (PoC) method involving a malicious and a legitimate Chrome extension. However, stealing session cookies is not novel, as infostealers and adversary-in-the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-11 10:14:17
Chrome OLED Mode Extension *Chrome OLED Mode adds a pitch black theme to websites, making them high contrast and easy to read at night. This is a resurrection of the Super Dark Mode project which got taken down from the Chrome Web Store for unknown reasons and then abandoned by it's original developer-decompiled, refactored/documented and improved upon. In my opinion, it functions way better than the popular extension 'Dark Reader'. Implementation Details This extension is a static browser-s
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-15 21:50:06
A set of 57 Chrome extensions with 6,000,000 users have been discovered with very risky capabilities, such as monitoring browsing behavior, accessing cookies for domains, and potentially executing remote scripts. These extensions are 'hidden,' meaning they don't show up on Chrome Web Store searches, nor do search engines index them, and can only be installed if the user has the direct URL. Typically, such extensions are private software like internal company tools or add-ons still under develo
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Hacktical C A practical hacker's guide to the C programming language. In memory of Dennis Ritchie, one of the greatest hackers this world has known. About the book This book assumes basic programming knowledge. We're not going to spend a lot of time and space on explaining basic features, except where they behave differently in important ways compared to other mainstream languages. Instead we're going to focus on practical techniques for making the most out of the power and flexibility C off
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-24 05:03:00
In a nutshell: A security researcher recently uncovered nearly three dozen Chrome Web Store extensions exhibiting suspicious behavior. Many present themselves as search assistants, while others pose as ad blockers, security tools, or extension scanners – all mysteriously linked to a single, unused domain. John Tucker, founder of browser security firm Secure Annex, discovered the suspicious extensions while assisting a client who had installed one or more for security monitoring. The first red f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-25 22:15:59
The extensions share other dubious or suspicious similarities. Much of the code in each one is highly obfuscated, a design choice that provides no benefit other than complicating the process for analyzing and understanding how it behaves. All but one of them are unlisted in the Chrome Web Store. This designation makes an extension visible only to users with the long, pseudorandom string in the extension URL, and thus, they don’t appear in the Web Store or search engine search results. It’s uncl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-03 01:18:47
Nine VSCode extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace pose as legitimate development tools while infecting users with the XMRig cryptominer to mine Ethereum and Monero. Microsoft VSCode is a popular code editor that allows users to install extensions to extend the program's functionality. These extensions can be downloaded from Microsoft's VSCode Marketplace, an online hub for developers to find and install add-ons. ExtensionTotal researcher Yuval Ronen has uncovered nine VSCode
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-12 17:32:54
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Here’s a first look at the Desktop Android version of Google Chrome, which supports browser extensions. Extension support is pretty rudimentary at the moment, but Google is hard at work making it better. The Desktop Android version of Chrome is intended for Chromebooks and PCs that run Android and not phones or tablets. Google Chrome may be the most popular web browser on Android, but it’s not the most powerful option. That’s because it lacks a key fe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-14 05:28:03
Late last year the popular Chrome extension Honey (owned by PayPal) was revealed for employing a few shady tactics, and the extension has since lost around 4 million users on Google’s browser alone. To recap the situation thus far, Honey has amassed millions of users over the past several years on the promise of finding coupon codes for various online stores. The free extension saw wide advertisements and was eventually purchased by PayPal in 2020 for $4 billion. In December 2024, a video on Y
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-15 00:27:33
Saturday 29 Mar 2025 For a few months now I’ve received sporadic reports that my website was broken. They said the layout was askew and things were sized strangely. They had screenshots to prove it. This was embarrassing for a professional website builder. Thankfully my audience is tech-savvy and the Grammarly browser extension was identified as a prime suspect. When this extension was installed it broke my website, simple as that. My initial response was: “Sorry, their bug, not mine”. But aft
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-17 12:20:44
Postgres Extension Tutorial Welcome to the Postgres Extension Tutorial. This comprehensive tutorial is designed to provide a step-by-step guide to PostgreSQL extension development. Whether you're new to PostgreSQL or extension development, this tutorial assumes only a basic knowledge of Postgres and the target programming language. It covers various aspects of creating, managing, and distributing extensions for PostgreSQL. After completing this tutorial, you'll have a strong foundation in Post
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-19 22:06:43
ExpressVPN is one of the most widely used VPNs. It supports many platforms and has an extensive list of protocols you can choose from. Its Chrome extension has garnered many positive reviews, with thousands of users issuing high scores. At the time of writing, there appears to be a fake ExpressVPN extension in search results, so be careful to only download the official "ExpressVPN: VPN proxy for a better internet" extension, which has an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars and 2.8K ratings. While ov
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