Published on: 2025-04-22 11:50:06
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: 2025-04-30 19:03:00
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: 2025-05-02 12:15:59
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: 2025-05-10 15:18:47
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: 2025-05-20 07:32:54
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: 2025-06-06 02:54:42
Two malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions were found deploying in-development ransomware, exposing critical gaps in Microsoft's review process. The extensions, named "ahban.shiba" and "ahban.cychelloworld," were downloaded seven and eight times, respectively, before they were eventually removed from the store. It is notable that the extensions were uploaded onto the VSCode Marketplace on October 27, 2024 (ahban.cychelloworld) and February 17, 2025 (ahban.shiba), bypassing safety review proce
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 02:13:00
In context: Add-ons and extensions provide a wide range of customization options for web browsers. While extensions have long been an integral part of the web experience on PCs, they are now gaining popularity in mobile ecosystems as well. Despite being built on the same layout engine derived from the Chromium project, Edge is making a determined effort to differentiate itself from Chrome. Microsoft's browser is now bringing support for extensions on Android – something even Google, despite own
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ZDNET Move over, Chrome. Microsoft Edge has officially launched a feature for Android users still lacking Google's browser. Rolled out last week, Edge for Android has finally opened an official store for extensions. Also: Google Chrome is killing more extensions than you think - is your old favorite on the list? Though the store is still labeled as a beta and offers fewer than two dozen extensions, the move is a sign of progress. Extensions for the Android version of Edge have been available
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-14 22:19:30
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Microsoft Edge has introduced an extension store for its Android browser. The stable version of Edge for Android now includes over 20 extensions, including VPNs, password managers, and media downloaders. Google Chrome still doesn’t support extensions on Android. For years, Google Chrome has been the dominant browser on both desktop and mobile, but one major limitation on Android has been the lack of support for extensions. While Chrome’s desktop versio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-17 06:53:11
Microsoft has reinstated the 'Material Theme – Free' and 'Material Theme Icons – Free' extensions on the Visual Studio Marketplace after finding that the obfuscated code they contained wasn't actually malicious. The two VSCode extensions, which count over 9 million installs, were pulled from the VSCode Marketplace in late February over security risks, and their publisher, Mattia Astorino (aka 'equinusocio') was banned from the platform. "A member of the community did a deep security analysis o
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ZDNET Google has officially implemented a new platform for Chrome extensions, and it brings both good and bad news. On the positive side, Manifest V3 promises greater safety and security within Chrome. On the negative side, extensions that are unsupported are now being actively disabled or blocked. Also: The best secure browsers for privacy In development for the past several years, Google's Manifest V3 extension platform replaces version 2 with tighter controls over the behavior of extension
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A newly devised "polymorphic" attack allows malicious Chrome extensions to morph into browser extensions, including password managers, crypto wallets, and banking apps, to steal sensitive information. The attack was devised by SquareX Labs, which warns of its practicality and feasibility on the latest version of Chrome. The researchers have responsibly disclosed the attack to Google. Shape-shifting Chrome extensions The attack begins with the submission of the malicious polymorphic extension
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Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google has rebranded Gemini Extensions to Gemini Apps. The change is already live in the latest beta version of Gemini. Google may have made the change so that the features feel more familiar and integrated. No stranger to a rebrand, Google is making a small but meaningful change to its AI assistant, switching the name of Gemini Extensions to “Apps.” While the functionality remains the same, the shift in terminology might just make Gemini’s features more
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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Chrome is automatically disabling several extensions, including uBlock Origin. Despite warning messages within the browser, uBlock Origin continues to function. However, users must manually reactivate it. It’s unclear how long uBlock Origin and other extensions that rely on the older Manifest v2 technology will continue to function. Google Chrome’s Manifest v3 rollout is in full effect, slowly transitioning the web browser to the latest specif
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 04:00:50
Google is disabling the original uBlock Origin ad blocker for more Chrome browser users, alongside other extensions that are no longer supported as the browser migrates to its new extension specification, Manifest V3. According to Google, the new standard aims to improve privacy and security, but also removes a feature that some ad blocking extensions relied on to work — a compromise that Mozilla is unwilling to make for its own Firefox browser. Users online are reporting on Reddit and X that C
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Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google has confirmed that Gemini will soon support actions in three Xiaomi apps. The chatbot will integrate with Xiaomi’s stock clock, calendar, and notes apps. Google has yet to confirm when the Gemini extensions for these apps will become available. At the launch of the Galaxy S25 series, Samsung and Google announced that Gemini would support select Samsung apps. Now, Google has confirmed that its chatbot will support similar integrations with select
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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works If you use the uBlock Origin extension in Google Chrome or Edge, you should probably start looking for alternative browsers or extensions—either way. A few days ago, users noticed that Google had begun disabling uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions as part of the migration to Manifest V3. Now, Microsoft Edge appears to be following suit. The latest Edge Canary version started d
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-13 23:10:49
Microsoft has removed two popular VSCode extensions, 'Material Theme – Free' and 'Material Theme Icons – Free,' from the Visual Studio Marketplace for allegedly containing malicious code. The two extensions are very popular, having been downloaded nearly 9 million times in total, with users now receiving alerts in VSCode that the extensions have automatically been disabled. The publisher, Mattia Astorino (aka equinusocio), has multiple extensions on the VSCode marketplace, totaling over 13 mil
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 03:23:36
Google continues its rollout of gradually disabling uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in the Chrome web browser as part of its efforts to push users to Manifest V3-based extensions. For those unaware, Manifest V3 is Chrome's latest extension specification and is designed to limit extension access to user network requests, block developers from utilizing remote content, and improve overall performance. While Manifest V3 is supposed to benefit end users, it comes at the cost o
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