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Cybersecurity Firm's Chrome Extension Hijacked to Steal Users' Data

Category: IT|Jan 2, 2025 | Author: Admin

At least five Chrome extensions have been compromised in a coordinated attack, enabling a threat actor to steal sensitive user information. [more]

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Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions target devs, crypto community

Category: Microsoft|Dec 21, 2024 | Author: Admin

Malicious Visual Studio Code extensions were discovered on the VSCode marketplace, and they download heavily obfuscated PowerShell payloads to target developers and cryptocurrency projects in supply chain attacks. [more]

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Google to let businesses create curated Chrome Web Stores for extensions

Category: Google|Oct 27, 2024 | Author: Admin

Google has announced it will soon allow organizations to create their own curated "Enterprise Web Store" of company-sanctioned browser extensions for Chrome and ChromeOS, aimed at improving productivity, security, and management for businesses. [more]

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Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

Category: IT|Oct 14, 2024 | Author: Admin

Google's Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification. [more]

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Microsoft Edge will flag extensions causing performance issues

Category: Microsoft|Sep 21, 2024 | Author: Admin

Microsoft is testing a new feature in the Edge browser called the "extension performance detector," which warns you when browser extensions cause performance issues on web pages you visit. [more]

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Google warns Chrome users: Adblock may disappear

Category: Google|Jun 3, 2024 | Author: Admin

Starting today, some Chrome users will receive a warning that older browser extensions will soon stop working, writes The Register website. [more]

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Old Manifest V2 Chrome extensions will be disabled in 2024

Category: Google|Nov 17, 2023 | Author: Admin

With Manifest V3, Google wants to make extensions safer by prioritizing privacy, but was initially criticized for the impact to ad blockers. The Chrome team has since added new features in response and is ready to disable old Manifest V2 extensions in 2024. [more]


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Microsoft fixes Linux boot issues on dual-boot Windows systems

Category: Microsoft|May 14, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Windows 11 upgrade block lifted after Safe Exam Browser fix

Category: Microsoft|May 13, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Bluetooth 6.1 enhances privacy with randomized RPA timing

Category: IT|May 12, 2025 | Author: Admin
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ChatGPT is finally adding Download as PDF for Deep Research

Category: IT|May 11, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings

Category: Microsoft|May 10, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Germany takes down eXch cryptocurrency exchange, seizes servers

Category: IT|May 9, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Malicious PyPi package hides RAT malware, targets Discord devs since 2022

Category: IT|May 8, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Hackers exploit OttoKit WordPress plugin flaw to add admin accounts

Category: IT|May 7, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Apache Parquet exploit tool detect servers vulnerable to critical flaw

Category: IT|May 6, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Co-op confirms data theft after DragonForce ransomware claims attack

Category: IT|May 5, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Magento supply chain attack compromises hundreds of e-stores

Category: IT|May 4, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Microsoft ends Authenticator password autofill, moves users to Edge

Category: Microsoft|May 3, 2025 | Author: Admin
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TikTok fined €530 million for sending European user data to China

Category: IT|May 2, 2025 | Author: Admin
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1. mai – En dag for solidaritet, samhold og kamp for rettferdighet

Category: Norge|May 1, 2025 | Author: Admin
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Cloudflare mitigates record number of DDoS attacks in 2025

Category: IT|Apr 30, 2025 | Author: Admin
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