How often do you assess the risk of browser extensions and their permissions? There are a myriad of browser extensions that can be installed in today’s modern web browsers. While browser extensions ...

When you access a website on the internet, you generally use a tool called a browser (MS Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, etc.). These browsers use extensions, which is a small software module for ...

Malicious browser extensions are a widespread problem. Even vetted extensions can be dangerous. Here's what you should do to avoid issues. Koi Security investigated a single malicious extension used ...

Malicious extensions do occasionally find their way into the Chrome Web Store (and similar libraries in other browsers) by posing as legitimate add-ons. They are particularly difficult to catch when ...

While browser extensions add useful functionality to Web browsers, such as blocking ads, managing passwords, and taking notes, they also increase the organization's security and privacy risks. Browser ...

The recent attack campaign targeting browser extensions shows that malicious browser extensions are the next frontier for identity attacks. More than 2.6 million users across thousands of ...

Frank Li, assistant professor in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, and Qinge Xie, a Ph.D ...