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Cybersecurity Firm's Chrome Extension Hijacked to Steal Users' Data
Category: IT|Jan 2, 2025 | Author: AdminAt least five Chrome extensions have been compromised in a coordinated attack, enabling a threat actor to steal sensitive user information. [more]
Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions target devs, crypto community
Category: Microsoft|Dec 21, 2024 | Author: AdminMalicious 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]
Google to let businesses create curated Chrome Web Stores for extensions
Category: Google|Oct 27, 2024 | Author: AdminGoogle 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]
Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon
Category: IT|Oct 14, 2024 | Author: AdminGoogle'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]
Microsoft Edge will flag extensions causing performance issues
Category: Microsoft|Sep 21, 2024 | Author: AdminMicrosoft 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]
Google warns Chrome users: Adblock may disappear
Category: Google|Jun 3, 2024 | Author: AdminStarting today, some Chrome users will receive a warning that older browser extensions will soon stop working, writes The Register website. [more]
Old Manifest V2 Chrome extensions will be disabled in 2024
Category: Google|Nov 17, 2023 | Author: AdminWith 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]
Microsoft fixes Linux boot issues on dual-boot Windows systems
Category: Microsoft|May 14, 2025 | Author: Admin
Windows 11 upgrade block lifted after Safe Exam Browser fix
Category: Microsoft|May 13, 2025 | Author: Admin
Bluetooth 6.1 enhances privacy with randomized RPA timing
Category: IT|May 12, 2025 | Author: Admin
ChatGPT is finally adding Download as PDF for Deep Research
Category: IT|May 11, 2025 | Author: Admin
Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings
Category: Microsoft|May 10, 2025 | Author: Admin
Germany takes down eXch cryptocurrency exchange, seizes servers
Category: IT|May 9, 2025 | Author: Admin
Malicious PyPi package hides RAT malware, targets Discord devs since 2022
Category: IT|May 8, 2025 | Author: Admin
Hackers exploit OttoKit WordPress plugin flaw to add admin accounts
Category: IT|May 7, 2025 | Author: Admin
Apache Parquet exploit tool detect servers vulnerable to critical flaw
Category: IT|May 6, 2025 | Author: Admin
Co-op confirms data theft after DragonForce ransomware claims attack
Category: IT|May 5, 2025 | Author: Admin
Magento supply chain attack compromises hundreds of e-stores
Category: IT|May 4, 2025 | Author: Admin
Microsoft ends Authenticator password autofill, moves users to Edge
Category: Microsoft|May 3, 2025 | Author: Admin
TikTok fined €530 million for sending European user data to China
Category: IT|May 2, 2025 | Author: Admin
1. mai – En dag for solidaritet, samhold og kamp for rettferdighet
Category: Norge|May 1, 2025 | Author: Admin