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295 Chrome extensions injected ads in search results

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyAugust 5, 2020

AdGuard analysts have identified 295 malicious extensions in the Chrome Web Store that have been installed over 80,000,000 times. These Chrome browser extensions injected ads into Google and Bing search results. Most of the dangerous extensions masked themselves as ad

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 5, 2020

Harry Denley, Director of Security in MyCrypto discovered the malicious Ledger Live extension for Chrome, which is actively advertised on Google and stealing Ledger wallet data. It masks itself as a real Ledger Live tool intended for users of Ledger hardware wallets and

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Why are “free” browser extensions not actually a good deal?

ByPolina LisovskayaSeptember 22, 2017

A plug-in required to improve the functionality of any web browser is referred as a browser. These browsers come in different versions. The web technologies can be used to author some of the browser extensions like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. The other modes of development