Malicious Chrome extensions caught stealing sensitive data

Chrome extensions called "Phantom Shuttle" stole user data for years before Google removed them from the Chrome Web Store ...
Ars Technica

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

Browser extensions with more than 8 million installs are harvesting users’ complete and extended AI conversations and selling them for marketing purposes, according to data collected from the Google ...

DarkSpectre quietly infected millions through seemingly legit browser extensions

The researchers initially discovered DarkSpectre while investigating ShadyPanda, a campaign based on popular Chrome and Edge extensions that infected over four million devices. Further analysis ...
Bleeping Computer

Zoom Stealer browser extensions harvest corporate meeting intelligence

Corporate meeting intelligence The 18 extensions in the Zoom Stealer campaign are not all meeting-related, and some of them can be used to download videos or as recording assistants: Chrome Audio ...
InfoQ

DuckDB's WebAssembly Client Allows Querying Iceberg Datasets in the Browser

DuckDB has recently introduced end-to-end interaction with Iceberg REST Catalogs directly within a browser tab, requiring no ...
Dark Reading

Browser Extension Harvests 8M Users' AI Chatbot Data

A popular browser extension that acts as a VPN to protect users' privacy is actually harvesting and facilitating the sale of data from conversations with AI chatbot assistants. While versions previous ...
TechSpot

These popular browser extensions protecting your AI chats were actually copying them

A hot potato: Several widely installed browser extensions endorsed by both Google and Microsoft secretly captured detailed user interactions with AI chat platforms. According to findings released by ...
Digit

These Chrome and Edge browser extensions steal your AI chats, delete them now

This is a cautionary tale for all of you who install extensions to Chrome or add-ons to Edge browsers willy-nilly. Security firm Koi has revealed that browser extensions with more than 8 million ...
Inc

Cybersecurity Experts Warn That This Browser Extension Is Selling Your Chats With ChatGPT

KOI, an Israel-based cybersecurity firm focused on developing protections against extension-based attacks, has released a report alleging that Urban VPN Proxy, a popular VPN extension on Google Chrome ...
The Hamilton Spectator

Blue Bombers sign Canadian DB Redha Kramdi to two-year extension

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Canadian defensive back Redha Kramdi to a two-year extension, the CFL club announced Tuesday. Kramdi was scheduled to become a free agent in February.
PC Magazine

Uninstall Now: These Chrome Browser Extensions Are Stealing AI Chat Logs

A handful of Chrome extensions have been harvesting entire conversation logs of users' interactions with the most popular AI chatbots. Most chatbot users understand that the companies behind them are ...