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Google pulls 500 malicious Chrome extensions after researcher tip-off

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:07:48 +0000

Google has abruptly pulled over 500 Chrome extensions from its Web Store that researchers discovered were stealing browsing data and executing click fraud and malvertising.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/izP6lapUPOU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla bans Firefox extensions for executing remote code

January 28, 2020 0 Comments Apple Safari, browser extensions, chrome, Edge, firefox, Google Chrome, malicious extensions, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, Safari, security threats, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:38:31 +0000

Mozilla’s policy is unambiguous – add-ons must be self-contained and not load remote code, which opens up the user to all sorts of risks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NvbQrtROsLI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>